On 24 Aug 96 09:44am, Scott Hoffman wrote to All:
 SH> I just picked up a RAT SHACK "Pro-50" Scanner for use as a cheap
 SH> disposable scanner for whene I dont feel like hauling out any of my
 SH> real scanners (like to the beach where it could get ;lifted'..  Anyway,
 SH> my problem is that the scanner always seems to  "beep"  and give me an
 SH> error when I manually enter ceartain frequencies (which I know are most
 SH> definately valid frequencies because I get them on my other scanners..)
 SH> So far it has done this for about 900 frequencies I've trie to enter
 SH> manually, (oh, and the LCD give me an  "ERROR"  message).. Whats up?
 What may be valid frequencies for your other scanners may well be invalid
 frequencies for the PRO-50.
 Different scanner models have different ranges in the RF spectrum that they
 will receive. The PRO-50 is a less-expensive scanner, and doesn't cover the
 spectrum as well as many, 'better', scanners will.
 Thus, a valid frequency on one of your scanners may not be valid on another.
 You might try looking on the back of the scanner, and see if the covered
 ranges are listed there.
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