Hello from Wilkes-barre,Pa

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coalcracker

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I would like to thank you for having me here site looks very informative from what i have seen so far.I received a Radioshack handheld scanner model #pro-404 for Christmas from my daughter.I would like to get the most from this and enjoy it to its fullest i under stand this is no top of the line radio but it came from her own savings she is 10 and we are looking forward to spending time together with it.any help and info about setting it up would be great,users guide is very limited on info.Also would love to here from anyone in the wilkes-barre area that can be of help.
 

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Welcome to the boards! Very informative group here, I'm sure you will get all of your questions answered.
 

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Welcome to RR. Your scanner has 10 banks that hold 20 channels each. That makes it one of the easier ones to program. You can get all the local frequencies here: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA)
Just pick the agencies under description, and enter the numbers in the frequency column. There are enough there to fill 200 channels, but I don't recommend you fill them up right away. You should study the agencies on that page, and decide which ones you want to monitor. Then try to organize them into groups of 20.

For instance, you might put County and local PD in bank 1, and County and local FD in bank 2, with seasonal things such as Game and Forest (see Pennsylvania Scanner Frequencies in another. The reason for choosing a particular type of bank scheme is so you can turn banks on and off in order to concentrate on an area (the county has PD and FD zones,and frequencies for each (see zones under descriptions, and see: Luzerne County Zones and Codes for what towns are in in each zone). You might want to concentrate on function, like PD, when things "heat up", and you can turn off the other banks easily. Also, you won't waste scanning time on Game or Forestry when they are mostly active in the spring and fall.
 
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fuzzymoto

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Welcome....I'm in WB for work (with a scanner also). I also use an older Radio Shack (200 channel) at work (pro-2022) and it works just fine. You will have ot figure out what you want to listen to, becays ebelieve me the 200-channels will fill very quickly.
 
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