A General Guide to Scanning
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A GENERAL GUIDE
TO SCANNING
Reception of the frequencies
covered by your scanner is
mainly “line-of-sight.” That
means you usually cannot hear
stations that are beyond the
horizon.
GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES
National Weather
Frequencies
Birdie Frequencies
Every scanner has birdie fre-
quencies. Birdies are signals
created inside the scanner’s
receiver. These operating fre-
quencies might interfere with
transmissions on the same fre-
quencies. If you program one
of these frequencies, you hear
only noise on that frequency. If
the interference is not severe,
you might be able to turn
SQUELCH clockwise to cut out
the birdie. This scanner’s birdie
frequencies (in MHz) are:
162.400 162.425 162.450 162.475
162.500 162.525 162.550
32.035 32.100 40.040 41.890
48.050 112.625 120.125 128.1375
136.1375 144.150 150.150 152.150
160.165 166.200 171.550 384.400
392.4125 400.4125 416.4375 424.4375
429.050 432.450 440.4625 448.4625
464.4875 473.0375 480.500 488.500
