AP> I am relatively new to all this so forgive me if this is a stupid
 AP> question. I have a Radio Shack Pro-39 scanner with standard rubber
 AP> whip attenna(is this the best antenna?) and when I try to enter
 AP> certain frequencies, usually belonging to some federal agency, the
 AP> scanner won't take 'em. It will set itself to a close frequency and
 AP> sometimes kicks back error messages. Can someone illuminate me on
 AP> these matters and tell me what I must do to be able to listen to
 AP> all the frequencies. Thanks!!
I have a similar ordeal that I go through when I program my Uniden
handheld... For instance when I enter 165.0875 the scanner will
automatically "round up" to 165.09. I assume this is because the
scanner "steps" through freqs in this range at incriments of .005. As
far as errors, the only time I get these is if I attempt to enter a
freq out of the frequency coverage of the scanner... For instance 243.0.
Here are a couple of more examples of freqs that round up...
Freq entered................................Rounded up to.
165.1625....................................165.165
163.4125....................................163.415
163.4375....................................163.440
163.5625....................................163.565
You get the idea... Hope this helps.
Michael Sessions
msessions@juno.com
 
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