Don't forget the Signal Stalker II also has the "Special" mode, Police/Fire frequency only search mode, or up to 10 search different bands :idea:
Now if it only had a Signal Stalker limit search :idea: Maybe Stalker III :?:
From the manual:
"Signal Stalker II
Your scanner’s Signal Stalker II feature provides a powerful
new tool for you to rapidly detect, monitor and store
frequencies for nearby radio transmissions. The Signal
Stalker II feature is similar in functionality to portable
frequency counters that cost much more than your scanner,
but provides many advantages over typical portable
frequency counters. For example:
The Signal Stalker II allows you to sweep the entire range of
your scanner’s design frequencies, or you can specify those
frequency ranges that you wish to sweep and exclude ranges
that you do not want to sweep. This allows you to omit
frequency ranges with constant strong frequency activity,
such as those with paging or broadcast transmitters. Many
portable frequency counters will remain locked to a nearby
constant signal, such as a paging or broadcast transmitter,
and will not function properly until you have left the vicinity
of the transmitter.
The Signal Stalker II feature is more sensitive than portable
frequency counters and will detect transmissions at a greater
distance. You can activate the Attenuator to reduce the
sensitivity if desired.
Once an active frequency is found, the transmission is played
through your scanner’s speaker, and you can quickly store it
in any of your scanner’s memory locations.
Your scanner’s Signal Stalker II functions when you press
and hold for approximately 1 second. The Signal Stalker
II function can be set to watch for activity on all band
frequencies or Police/Fire frequencies only. To change the all
bands to police/fi re or vice versa, press FUNC then <SS>.
You can also turn on/off frequency sub-bands using the
corresponding number keys while Signal Stalker II is active.
Press FUNC then Up or Down, you can change the normal Signal
Stalker II operation to the Special Signal Stalker II operation.
In the Special Stalker operation, Sp. Stalker appears and the
frequency range is divided by 1 MHz segment. If you lock
out 5 frequencies within a 1 MHz segment, the scanner will
skip that segment in subsequent sweeps. See “Using Signal
Stalker II with Lockout” below.
using Signal Stalker II with lockout
The scanner’s lock out feature can be used to bypass
unwanted transmissions while using the Signal Stalker II.
Press L/OUT when the scanner is stopped on an undesired
transmission. Press FUNC L/OUT to review or clear locked out
frequencies in the Signal Stalker II. You can lock out 150
frequencies while searching all bands and 50 frequencies
while searching Police/Fire frequencies.
Signal Stalker II functions by rapidly sweeping through the RF
spectrum in 1 MHz segments. If RF signal energy is detected
in a 1 MHz segment, Signal Stalker II will sweep through the
1MHz segment in fi ner steps until the source of the RF signal
energy is found.
Certain segments of RF spectrum are used by high power
transmitters, such as paging transmitters. The Signal Stalker
II can detect these transmitters easily, even at great distances
due to their high transmitter output power. You can press
L/OUT when the Signal Stalker II stops on these undesired
transmissions to prevent the Signal Stalker II from stopping
on them in future sweeps, however, the Signal Stalker II will
still see their RF signal energy when sweeping through the 1
MHz segment. This will cause the Signal Stalker II to execute
another fine step search of the 1 MHz segment. Of course, if
you have locked out the undesired transmissions, the Signal
Stalker II will not stop on them again, however, the overall
sweep performance of the Signal Stalker II will be impacted.
Signal Stalker II features a special lockout mode that causes
the scanner to skip a 1 MHz segment if five or more lockouts
exist in that 1 MHz segment. To activate this mode, press
FUNC UP while in the Signal Stalker II mode. If a 1 MHz segment
contains 5 or more lockouts it will be skipped entirely while
Signal Stalker II is sweeping. Use FUNC L/O to review or clear
locked Signal Stalker II frequencies.
To clear a locked-out frequency, select that frequency, then
press CL.
Priority mode is not available while using the Signal
Stalker II."