[Electronics-talk] Police scanner question

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

While I'm not specifically familiar with that particular scanner the general 
programming sequence is to press "program" then the frequency if you know it 
or if you are on a particular channel then "Enter." The electronic sounds 
you are are probably the new digital channels that cannot be received with a 
conventional scanner unless it is one of the newer ones. It is also probable 
that if you go to the Bearcat web site you can download a manual for your 
scanner. Unfortunately, some of those manuals are in a JPG format so you 
will need to have it read or scan it. I hope this helps.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:59 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Police scanner question


> Hi Ken here with a question that I don't think comes up much.  I have  a
> scanner, and while I know the search function to find frequencies isn't 
> blind
> friendly, I seem to think programming into the private bank is.  The
> Scanner has preprogrammed into it frequencies in a Police and an EMS/fire 
> bank.
> There are so many in the police block I've hit the lockout button so  many
> times I've lost count.  I finally found the Rahway NJ police and am
> listening to it.  What I'm trying to do is program it into the private 
> bank  of
> fifty channels.  Supposedly what you can do is when you're scanning and 
> you
> hit a frequency you like and want to put it in to private channels, you 
> first
> put the scanner on that spot by hitting the hold button.  Does anyone
> remember the correct sequence of the programming function, in other words 
> in
> what order do I hit the private and program buttons to lock it in to the
> private  bank?  I think I lost the book.  It's a bearcat forget the model
> number, but as mentioned it has frequencies preprogrammed into it.  Police
> EMS/fire, Ham Radio, marine and aircraft, and weather all have frequencies
> programmed in to it.  There are in the EMS/fire and police banks slots to 
> add
> more frequencies to it.  I forget how many frequencies are in each  group, 
> but
> the police had a lot of electronic sounds, Birdies and other  continuous
> transmissions that had to be locked out and that doesn't count all of  the 
> NYPD
> and FDNY and EMS frequencies that are all over the 470 and 480 MHZ  bands.
> Again this is a Bearcat scanner.
>
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