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Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
Your Radio Shack TRC-488 40-Chan-
nel 2-Way CB Radio is a high perfor-
mance citizen’s band radio that also
lets you tune to national weather ser-
vice broadcasts. This CB is perfect for
recreational, business, or emergency
use. It lets you talk to other people with
CBs at home, in their vehicles, or at
camp sites. You can also connect op-
tional equipment to your CB, such as a
DC power supply and base station an-
tenna to set up a base station in your
home.
Your CB has the following features:
7-Channel WX Band Receiver — lets
you tune to seven national weather fre-
quencies so you can hear your local
weather conditions as well as weather
forecasts wherever you travel.
Emergency Channel Selector — lets
you quickly switch to Channel 9 so you
can report or monitor emergency situ-
ations.
PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) Frequen-
cy Synthesizer — provides reliable
and exact tuning.
Hysteresis Squelch — automatically
adjusts receiver sensitivity to compen-
sate for fading signals and to eliminate
signal chopping during reception.
Two Ceramic Filters — provide supe-
rior channel selectivity and eliminate
adjacent-channel interference.
Automatic Noise Limiting (ANL) —
reduces noise caused by nearby elec-
trical equipment such as motors or au-
tomotive ignition systems.
LED Channel Display — displays the
selected channel (1-40). When chan-
nel 9 is selected with the emergency
channel switch, the 9 flashes continu-
ously. When a weather channel is se-
lected, the display “blanks-out.”
RF Gain Control — lets you adjust the
receiver gain to match the strength of
the received signal.
Universal Mounting Bracket — lets
you mount your CB securely in your
vehicle or on a table or shelf in your
home.
Important: To use this CB, you must
connect a mobile or base station an-
tenna (available at your local Radio
Shack store). See “Installing an Anten-
na” on Page 8.
For your records, we recommend you
record your CB’s serial number in the
space below. The serial number is lo-
cated on the CB’s back panel.
Serial No.
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