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I'm cleaning up my (15 year-)old Pro-28, not that I'll be able to scan much on it anymore 
-), and I thought you guys (and, for all I know ladies, though I don't believe I've run across one yet might be amused by this clip from the "Guide to Scanning" page:
"""
Find out if there is a local club that monitors your community's
frequencies. Perhaps a local electronics repair shop that works on
equipment similar to your scanner can give you frequencies used by local
radio services.
A volunteer police department or fire department can also be a good source
for this information.
As a general rule on VHF, most activity is concentrated between 153.785
and 155.98 MHz and then again from 158.73 to 159.46 MHz. Here you find
local government, police, fire and most such emergency services. If you
are near a railroad yard or major railroad tracks, look around 160.0 to
161.9 MHz for signals.
In some larger cities, there has been a move to the UHF bands for
emergency service. Here, most of the activity is between 453.025 and
453.95 MHz and between 456.025 and 467.925 MHz.
In the UHF band, frequencies between 456.025 and 459.95 MHz and between
465.025 and 469.975 MHz are used by mobile units and control stations
associated with base and repeater units that operate 5 MHz lower (that is,
451.025 to 454.950 and 460.025 to 464.975 MHz). This means that if you
find an active frequency inside one of these spreads, you can look 5 MHz
lower (or higher) to find the base station/repeater for that service.
"""
(That copy is, no doubt, copyright 1994, Tandy Corporation, and I promise to indemnify RR if they come after us with a lawsuit
The really amusing part, of course, is that the -28 was an *800 MHz* scanner, new enough that that was the Cool Thing printed on the front panel in a special color. But weren't those the good old days?
-), and I thought you guys (and, for all I know ladies, though I don't believe I've run across one yet might be amused by this clip from the "Guide to Scanning" page:"""
Find out if there is a local club that monitors your community's
frequencies. Perhaps a local electronics repair shop that works on
equipment similar to your scanner can give you frequencies used by local
radio services.
A volunteer police department or fire department can also be a good source
for this information.
As a general rule on VHF, most activity is concentrated between 153.785
and 155.98 MHz and then again from 158.73 to 159.46 MHz. Here you find
local government, police, fire and most such emergency services. If you
are near a railroad yard or major railroad tracks, look around 160.0 to
161.9 MHz for signals.
In some larger cities, there has been a move to the UHF bands for
emergency service. Here, most of the activity is between 453.025 and
453.95 MHz and between 456.025 and 467.925 MHz.
In the UHF band, frequencies between 456.025 and 459.95 MHz and between
465.025 and 469.975 MHz are used by mobile units and control stations
associated with base and repeater units that operate 5 MHz lower (that is,
451.025 to 454.950 and 460.025 to 464.975 MHz). This means that if you
find an active frequency inside one of these spreads, you can look 5 MHz
lower (or higher) to find the base station/repeater for that service.
"""
(That copy is, no doubt, copyright 1994, Tandy Corporation, and I promise to indemnify RR if they come after us with a lawsuit
The really amusing part, of course, is that the -28 was an *800 MHz* scanner, new enough that that was the Cool Thing printed on the front panel in a special color. But weren't those the good old days?
