JM>greetings!
  >a friend of mine bought a scanner at a garage sale.
  >it is a Sears #3637 5 band 16 channel "optical" scanner.
  >it uses the punch out type cards to program the freqs.
  >need manual for programming or any hints or info from
  >anyone knowing about this unit.
  >will cover copy/postage expenses.
  >many thanks in advance!
  >please respond here or at kc5gmm@juno.com or directly to the owner
  >at vsans@msn.com
  >73 de kc5gmm
  >john
That radio, if I remember correctly was another popular brand which
they private labeled for sears.  For the life of me, I can't remember 
the name of it.  I recall the white plastic (and maybe some paper) 
cards were inserted to tell the scanner which freqs to put on the
10 (I believe) channels.  Changing the cards resulted in a quick change 
of the 10 channel freqs.  The cards were coded with an 8-4-2-1 format
to select the freqs.  In other words, if the first digit of the freq
was 5, the four spaces on the card would be 0-1-0-1 to make 8.  If
the second digit was "0", the four spaces would of course be 0-0-0-0.
If the third digit was "7", the four spaces would be 0-1-1-1.
CHARLES
 * 1st 2.00 * I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!
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