The Whistler Group SC02 Users Manual
All Hazards
NOAA’s National Weather Service
®
2000650 / PRO-650
User’s Guide
DESKTOP
RADIO SCANNER
Thank you for purchasing
your Desktop Radio Scanner
from RadioShack. Please
read this user’s guide before
setting up and using your
new scanner
Contents
Package Contents ..................................................... 3
Scanning Legally ........................................................ 3
Features ..................................................................... 4
Scanner Basics ........................................................... 5
Setup ......................................................................... 6
Connecting the Antenna ..................................................6
Connecting a Speaker or Headphones ............................6
Powering Your Scanner ..................................................... 7
Turning on the Scanner ....................................................7
Turning Off the Key Tone ..................................................7
Understanding the Display ............................................... 8
Understanding the Keypad ............................................10
Configuring Your Scanner ........................................ 12
Preprogrammed Frequencies .........................................12
Programming Channels ..................................................12
Programming with a Computer ......................................13
Cloning Programmed Data .............................................13
Searching for Frequencies ....................................... 14
Service Bank Search........................................................14
Storing Found Frequencies ............................................15
Birdie Frequencies ..........................................................15
Scanning Stored Channels ..............................................16
Monitoring a Channel ..................................................... 17
Locking Out Channels ....................................................18
Clearing a Stored Channel .............................................19
Weather Features .................................................... 20
Receiving All Weather Alerts ......................................... 20
Receiving Alerts for Specific Areas ................................ 20
Skywarn® ....................................................................... 22
Additional Information ............................................ 23
Care ............................................................................... 23
Initializing the Scanner ................................................... 23
Service and Repair ......................................................... 23
Preprogrammed Frequency List .................................... 24
Service Banks ................................................................ 26
Specifications ................................................................. 29
FCC Notice .................................................................... 30
Limited Warranty ........................................................... 30
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Package Contents
• Scanner
• Antenna
• AC Adapter
• User’s Guide
• Quick Start Guide
Scanning Legally
Your scanner covers frequencies used by many dierent
groups including police and re departments, ambulance
services, government agencies, private companies,
amateur radio services, military operations, pager
services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service
providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission
your scanner can receive. However, there are some
transmissions you should never intentionally listen to.
These include:
• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other
private means of telephone signal transmission)
• Pager transmissions
• Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
(ECPA), as amended, you are subject to nes and possible
imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or
divulging the contents of such a transmission unless
you have the consent of a party to the communication
(unless such activity is otherwise illegal).
This scanner is designed to prevent reception of illegal
transmissions, in compliance with the law which requires
that scanners be manufactured in such a way as to not be
easily modiable to pick up those transmissions. Do not
open your scanner’s case to make any modications that
could allow it to pick up transmissions that are not legal to
listen to. Doing so could subject you to legal penalties.
In some areas, mobile use of this scanner is unlawful
or requires a permit. Check the laws in your area. We
encourage responsible, legal scanner use.
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Features
Your new PRO-650 Desktop Scanner lets you scan
conventional transmissions, and is preprogrammed with
search banks for convenience. By pressing a one touch
search key, you can quickly search those frequencies
most commonly used by public service and other
agencies without tedious and complicated programming.
This scanner gives you direct access to over 26,000
exciting frequencies, including those used by ambulance
services, aircraft, and amateur radio services, marine,
civil air patrol, VHF and UHF business bands, government
frequencies and some police and re departments.
Your scanner also has these special features:
One-Touch Service Search Banks – Lets you search
preset frequencies in separate marine, re/police,
aircraft, ham, FM Radio and weather bands.
Display Backlight – Easy to read in low-light situations.
Lockout Function – Lets you skip specied channels or
frequencies when scanning or searching.
Ten Channel-Storage Banks – You can store 20
channels in each bank (200 total channels), letting you
group channels so you can more easily identify calls.
SAME/FIPS Weather Alert – Displays weather events for
the county or counties that you choose.
Memory Backup – Keeps the frequencies stored in
memory for an extended time.
Scan Delay – Delays scanning for about 2 seconds, so
that you can hear replies on the same channel.
Priority Channel – Lets you set the scanner to check
one channel every 2 seconds so that you do not miss
transmissions on that channel.
Data Cloning – Lets you transfer the programmed data
to another PRO-650 scanner.
External Antenna Connector – Lets you connect an
external antenna (not supplied) with a BNC connector for
improved reception of distant/weaker signals.
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Scanner Basics
After you familiarize yourself with your scanner’s features
you can then set up your scanner.
Frequencies
A frequency is the waveband of the transmitting signal
(expressed in kHz or MHz). Your Pro-650 receives a range
of analog frequencies; the best resource for your local
frequencies is www.radioreference.com.
Also, you can use your scanner’s search functions to nd
active frequencies in your area.
Your PRO-650 scanner can receive these bands:
Frequency Range Types of Transmissions
29–54 MHz 10-Meter Ham, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Ham
87. 3–107. 9 M Hz FM Broadcast
108–136.99166 MHz Aircraft
137–174 MHz Military Land Mobile, 2-Meter Ham,
380–512 MHz UHF Aircraft, Federal Government,
n Note: See “Specications” on page 29 for more
information about frequency steps.
VHF Hi
70-cm Ham, UHF Standard, UHF “T”
Channels
Channels are storage areas for frequencies saved in your
scanner’s memory. Each saved frequency is assigned a
channel.
Banks
A bank is a storage area for a group of channels. Your
scanner provides 10 banks (1 to 10) that can each store
up to 20 channels, for a total of 200 channels. You can use
the banks to group and organize frequencies.
For example, you could program the frequencies used by
your local police department starting with Channel 1 (the
rst channel in bank 1) and program the re department
frequencies starting with Channel 21 (the rst channel in
bank 2).
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Setup
Connecting the Antenna
To attach the supplied telescopic antenna, insert the
antenna in the hole on the top of the scanner and turn
the antenna clockwise to tighten.
Connecting an Outdoor Antenna
To connect an external antenna, follow the installation
instructions supplied with the antenna. Use 50 Ohm
coaxial cable, such as RG-58 or RG-8. For lengths over
50 feet, use RG-8 low-loss dielectric coaxial cable. If
the antenna cable’s connector does not have a BNC
connector, you will also need a BNC adapter (available at
your local RadioShack store).
w Warning: Use extreme caution when installing or removing
an outdoor antenna. If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! It could
contact overhead power lines. If the antenna touches a power
line, touching the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires can cause
electrocution and death. Call the power company to remove the
antenna. DO NOT attempt to do so yourself.
Connecting a Speaker or Headphones
You can plug an amplied speaker or headphones
(not supplied) with Çinch (3.5 mm) mini-plug into the
HEADPHONE jack on the back of the scanner. This
automatically disconnects the internal speaker.
Note: Use an amplied speaker with this scanner. Nonamplied speakers do not provide sucient volume for
comfortable listening.
Listening Safely
To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines:
• Do not listen at high volume levels. Extended highvolume listening can lead to permanent hearing loss.
• Set the volume to the lowest setting. Then turn
on your audio device and adjust the volume to a
comfortable level.
• Avoid increasing the volume. Your ears will adapt
to the volume level, so a level that does not cause
discomfort could still damage your hearing.
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Powering Your Scanner
1. Connect the supplied adapter to the scanner’s DC
9V jack and a standard power outlet.
2.
To disconnect, unplug the adapter from the power
source rst.
Caution: You must use a Class 2 power source that
supplies 9V DC and delivers at least 400mA. Its center tip
must be set to positive and its plug must t the scanner’s
DC 9V jack. Using an adapter that does not meet these
specications could damage the scanner or the adapter.
Turning on the Scanner
1. Turn the SQUELCH all the way down before you turn
on the scanner.
Slide POWER to ON. A welcome message appears.
2.
After about 3 seconds, adjust VOLUME to a
comfortable level.
Tur n SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing
3.
sound stops. If you always hear a hissing sound, the
scanner will not scan or search properly.
• To listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH
counterclockwise.
• If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut
out weak transmissions.
Turning O the Key Tone
The scanner is preset to sound a tone each time you
press one of its keys.
To turn the key tone on and o:
1.
Turn on the scanner. WELCOME SCAnnInG rECEIVEr
appears.
2.
While the welcome message is on the screen, press 1
to turn on the key tone or press 2 to turn it o.
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Understanding the Display
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 1
– Skywarn® channel active.
FD/PD – Searching the re/police bank.
BANK – Indicates the scan bank(s). A bar appears under
the numbers for banks that are turned on.
AIR – Searching the aircraft bank.
HAM – Searching the amateur radio bank.
Row 2
WX – Searching weather channels.
FM radio – Searching for FM radio stations.
000 – Channel number the scanner is tuned to.
CH – Appears with channel number (1–200) or P
(priority channel).
000.000
MAR – Searching the marine bank.
L/0
selected or reviewed.
0 – Frequency the scanner is tuned to.
– A locked out channel/frequency is manually
Row 3
ed (Up/Down) – Search or scan direction.
PRI – Priority feature is active.
S
– Signal meter; bars indicate strength of signal.
MAN – Manual mode.
SCAN – Scan mode.
SRCH – Searching a service bank.
PGM – Program mode.
DLY – Two-second delay is active.
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Display Messages
ALL CH L-out – All channels locked out during scan or
marine band search.
b X Ch-FULL – All displayed bank channels are full.
b X StorE – Frequency programmed into displayed
bank’s channel.
CLOnE – Clone mode.
-dUPL- – Frequency is already stored in another channel.
Error – Entry error.
FLo ALL- CL – All the locked-out frequencies
removed during a FD/PD, AIRCRAFT, or HAM bank
search.
L-r – Review the locked-out frequencies.
L-O Fr-FULL – Maximum of 50 frequencies already
locked out.
oFF tonE – Key tone deactivated.
On tonE – Key tone activated.
P – Scanner is tuned to the priority channel.
-t- – Tune mode.
Sub Bank Messages
Lo VHF – Sub-bank 1 of the re/police bank.
Hi VHF – Sub-bank 2 of the re/police bank.
UHF – Sub-bank 3 of the re/police bank.
10 M – Sub-bank 1 of the HAM bank.
6 M – Sub-bank 2 of the HAM bank.
2 M – Sub-bank 3 of the HAM bank.
70CM – Sub-bank 4 of the HAM bank.
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Understanding the Keypad
MAR – Search the preprogrammed marine bank.
FD/PD – Search the preprogrammed re/police bank.
– Search the preprogrammed weather bank, or press
and hold to jump to the Skywarn® channel. You must rst
program your local Skywarn® frequency into channel
200 (see page 22).
HAM – Search the preprogrammed amateur radio bank.
AIR – Search the preprogrammed aircraft bank.
FM – Search FM radio stations.
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.
– 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.
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