Thank you for purchasing your Desktop
Radio Scanner from RadioShack. Please
read this user’s guide before installing,
setting up, and using your new scanner
Your new PRO-405 Desktop Scanner lets you scan conventional transmissions
and is preprogrammed with search banks of the most common frequencies
used by public service agencies. Service Banks are accessed by pressing a onetouch search key—no complicated programming required.
Your new scanner gives you direct access to over 26,000 frequencies, including
those used by police and fire departments, FM broadcast, ambulance services,
aircraft, and amateur radio services.
Your PRO-405 scanner also has these special features:
Service Banks – easily locate types of calls by searching preprogrammed
frequencies in separate marine, fire/police, aircraft, ham, FM broadcast, and
weather banks.
Display Backlight – makes the display easy to read in low-light situations.
Lock-out Function – skip over specified channels or frequencies when
scanning or searching.
Ten Channel-Storage Banks – group and store 20 channels in each bank (200
total channels).
Tune – tune to new and unlisted frequencies starting from a specified
frequency.
SAME/FIPS Weather Alert – displays the weather event and sounds an alert
for the specific cities or counties you choose.
Memory Backup – frequencies remain stored in memory for an extended time
even without power.
Scan Delay – delays scanning for two seconds before moving to another
channel in order to hear replies.
Priority Channel – set the scanner to check one channel every two seconds
while scanning.
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Features
Data Cloning – transfer the programmed data to another PRO-405 scanner.
Real-time Signal Strength Indicator – shows relative strength of received
signals.
Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) – easy to view and change programming
information.
Telescopic Antenna – provides good reception of strong local signals. You can
also connect an external antenna for improved reception of distant or weak
signals.
Your PRO-405 scanner can receive these bands:
Frequency RangeTypes of Transmissions
29–54 MHz10-Meter Ham, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Ham
87.3–107.9 MHzFM Broadcast
108–136.99166 MHzAircraft
137–174 MHzMilitary Land Mobile, 2-Meter Ham, VHF Hi
380–512 MHzUHF Aircraft, Federal Government, 70-cm Ham, UHF
Standard, UHF “T”
n Note: See “Specifications” on page 32 for more information about frequency
steps.
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Features
Understanding Your Scanner
Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize
yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you.
Simply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set the
scanner to scan them.
A frequency is the receiving signal location (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find
active frequencies, use the search function or consult an online resource such
as www.radioreference.com.
When you find a frequency, you can store it into a programmable memory
location called a channel, which is grouped with other channels in a channel-storage bank. You can then scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is
activity on the frequencies stored there. Each time the scanner finds an active
frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission ends.
Channel Storage Banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to, your
scanner divides the channels into 10 banks (1 to 10) with 20 channels each,
for a total of 200 channels. You can use each channel-storage bank to group
frequencies, such as those used by the police department, fire department,
ambulance services, or aircraft.
For example, you could program the frequencies used by your local police
department starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1) and program
the fire department frequencies starting with Channel 21 (the first channel in
bank 2).
Service Banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with the frequencies allocated to marine, fire/
police, aircraft, ham radio, FM broadcast and weather services. This is handy for
quickly finding active frequencies instead of searching through an entire bank
(see “Service Bank Search” on page 17).
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Features
Preprogrammed Service Bank Frequencies
Marine
ChannelFrequency (MHz)ChannelFrequency (MHz)
01156.050063156.1750
05156.250064156.2250 / 160.8250
06156.3000 65156.2750
07156.350066156.3250
08156.400067156.3750
09
10156.500069156.4750
11156.550070156.5250
12156.600071156.5750
13
14156.700073156.6750
15156.750074156.7250
16156.800077156.8750
17156.850078156.9250
18156.900079156.9750
19156.950080157.0250
20157.0000 / 161.600081157.0750
21157.050082157.1250
22157.100083157.1750
23157.150084157.2250 / 161.8250
24157.2000 / 161.800085157.2750 / 161.8750
25157.2500 / 161.850086157.3250 / 161.9250
26157.3000 / 161.900087157.3750 / 161.9750
27157.3500 / 161.950088157.4250
28157.4000 / 162.0000
156.450068
156.650072156.6250
156.4250
n Note: Both frequencies (transmission and reception) are shown for marine
channels used for duplex transmission.
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Features
Fire/Police
GroupFrequency Range (MHz)Step (kHz)
133.420-33.98020
37.020-37.42020
39.020-39.98020
42.020-42.94020
44.620-45.86040
45.880-
2153.770-154.13060
3453.0375-453.962512.5
45.900-46.06040
46.080-46.50020
154.145-154.44515
154.650-154.95015
155.010-155.37060
155.415-155.70015
155.730-156.21060
158.730-159.21060
166.250-
170.150-
458.0375-458.962512.5
460.0125-460.637512.5
465.0125-465.637512.5
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Features
Aircraft
GroupFrequency Range (MHz)Step (kHz)
1108.000-118.0008.33
2118.00833-136.991668.33
Ham Amateur Radio
GroupFrequency Range (MHz)Step (kHz)
129.000-29.7005
250.000-54.0005
3144.000-148.0005
4420.000-450.00012.5
FM Broadcast
Frequency Range (MHz)Step (kHz)
87.3–107.9100
Weather Channels
Channel Frequency (MHz)
1 162.400
2 162.425
3 162.450
4 162.475
5 162.500
6 162.525
7 162.550
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Features
Understanding the Keypad
POWER
Turn scanner on and off.
VOLUME
Adjust volume.
SQUELCH
- Turn counterclockwise
to listen to a weak or
distant station.
- Turn clockwise
to cut out weak
transmissions.
MAR (Marine)
Search the preprogrammed marine bank.
FD/PD (Fire Dept/Police Dept)
Search the preprogrammed fire/police bank.
/ (Weather / Skywarn)
- Search the seven preprogrammed weather
channels.
- Press and hold to jump to the Skywarn
channel (channel 200). You must first
program your local Skywarn frequency into
channel 200 (see page 22).
HAM
Search the preprogrammed amateur radio
bank.
AIR (Aircraft)
Search the preprogrammed aircraft bank.
FM Broadcast
Search FM radio stations.
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Features
0–9
- Input a number when
entering frequencies and
selecting banks (0 selects
bank 10).
- The number range above
the keys (1–20, 21–40, 41-60,
etc.) indicates the channels
stored in that bank.
SCAN / MAN (Manual)
- Enter Scan mode to scan
programmed channels.
- Enter Manual mode to stop
scanning, directly enter a
channel number, or monitor a
single channel.
e d
Select the direction for
searching and scanning.
PRI / ALERT
- Enable and disable the
priority feature.
- Enable and disable SAME
standby mode when
monitoring a weather
channel.
PSE (Pause)
Stop and restart a search or
tune.
• / DELAY
- Input a decimal point when
entering frequencies.
- Program a two-second
delay for the selected
channel.
ENT (Enter)
Complete the entry of
frequencies.
L/O / L/O RVW
- Lock-out selected channels
or frequencies.
- Review locked-out
frequencies.
TUNE / CLEAR
- Enter Tune search.
- Clear an incorrect entry.
PGM
Program frequencies into
channels.
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