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- HOW TO USE BETTY BEARCAT -- THE ELECTRONIC FREQUENCY DIRECTORY FOR DOS:
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- 1. To start the program, change drives to your CD Drive (Usually D:)
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- A. MONOCROME MONITORS: Type BB -- (Push Enter) The program will
- start. A copyright notice will be seen. The program will then
- automatically go to the main menu.
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- B. COLOR MONITORS: Type BBC -- (Push Enter) The program will
- start. A copyright notice will be seen. The program will then
- automatically go to the main menu.
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- MAIN MENU OPTIONS:
- 1. View Database Records (This is when you want to look at
- (your data on the screen instead of printing it.)
- 2. Print Database Records (This is when you want to print
- (the data to your line printer.)
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- TO ESCAPE THE MAIN MENU SIMPLY DEPRESS THE ESCAPE KEY.
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- VIEW MENU OPTIONS:
- 1. View a frequency (This will look up a single
- (frequency for a state -- eg. 155.415 in OH)
- 2. View a county (This will look up frequencies for
- (the county and state you specify, provided that
- (the county you specify is in the database. If
- (the county you are searching for begins with Saint,
- (Fort, Port, North, South, East or West it could
- (be in the data under the full name or abbreviated
- (as St, Ft, Pt, N, S, E, or W.)
- 3. View a city (This will look up frequencies for
- (the city and state you specify, provided that
- (the city you specify is in the database. Addition-
- (ally cities that begin with Fort, Port, North,
- (South, East or West are entered as Ft, Pt, N, S,
- (E or W.)
- 4. View a service (This will look up the frequencies
- (for the service, within the state you specify. --
- (-- e.g. PP in PA. Remember the service has to
- (be part of the database. The services covered
- (by Betty Bearcat are the following: PP =
- (Police, PF = Fire, PS = Public Safety, PL =
- (Local Government, PO = Forestry Service, MC =
- (Marine Radio Service, CD = Mobile Telephones, but
- (no cellular, AF = Aircraft, AM = Amateur Repeaters
- (US = Federal Government -- but not in all states
- (LR = Railroads and NM = News Media.)
- 5. View a licensee (This will look up the frequencies
- (for the licensee, within the state you specify.
- (-- e.g. Kettering, City of in OH).
- 6. View a record by callsign. (This will look up the entire
- (record for the callsign you specify within a
- (state -- e.g. KQC 979 in OH -- The record
- (data includes frequency, callsign, licensee, city,
- (county, state, and service.)
- 7. View a record by frequency. (This will look up the
- (entire record for the frequency you specify
- (within a state -- e.g. 154.235 in OH -- This
- (record also includes all the data is #6.)
- 8. View a record by licensee. (This will look up the
- (entire record for the licensee you specify
- (within a state -- e.g. Montgomery County, of
- (in OH -- This record also includes all the data
- (in #6 above.)
- 9. View a range of frequencies. (This will look up
- (frequencies within a range you specify, e.g.
- (between 155.010 and 157.000. It will accomplish
- (this function by any of four ways:
- 1. State
- 2. County
- 3. City
- 4. Service
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- TO EXIT THE VIEW MENU OR THE RANGE MENU SIMPLY DEPRESS THE
- ESCAPE KEY. YOU CAN ALSO ADVANCE PAGES BY DEPRESSING THE
- PAGE DOWN KEY OR REVERSE PAGES BY DEPRESSING THE PAGE UP KEY.
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- PRINT DATABASE RECORDS MENU:
-
- 1. Print single frequency. (This will print all licensees
- (on the single frequency you specify within a
- (state. -- e.g. 155.490 in OH)
- 2. Print a county. (This will print all the licensees
- (within the county and state you specify. See the
- (notes on how to enter the county in the view
- (menu above.)
- 3. Print city. (This will print all the licensees within
- (the city and state you specify. -- e.g.
- (KETTERING in OH. Also see the notes on how to
- (enter the city name in the view menu above.)
- 4. Print a service. (This will print all the licensees
- (contained within the service you specify in a
- (particular state -- e.g. PS in UT
- 5. Print a licensee. (This will print the
- (frequencies for the licensee you specify within
- (a particular state. e.g. Dallas, City of
- (in TX.)
- 6. Print a range of frequencies. (This will print the
- (frequencies within a range you specify e.g. between
- (155.010 and 157.000. It will accomplish this function
- (by any of four ways:
- 1. State
- 2. County
- 3. City
- 4. Service
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- TO EXIT THE PRINT MENU OR THE PRINT RANGE MENU SIMPLY
- DEPRESS THE ESCAPE KEY.
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- The two letter state codes for states & Canadian Provinces are contained
- with a text file called STATES.TXT
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- The radio codes & signals we have in file at the moment are contained in
- individual text files beginning with the two letter code for the state e.g.
- OH.TXT.
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- NOTE:
- All the files on the CD-ROM are READ ONLY. If you wish to change any of
- the TXT files you will need to change the file's attributes to ARCHIVE.
- To do this simply copy the TXT files you wish to change to your hard drive.
- Once you have them on your HD, type the following command:
- ATTRIB <file name.txt> -R. This will turn off the read only flag and
- allow you to change the file.
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- NOTES ON RADIO CODES & SIGNALS: The radio codes & signals used by various
- agencies (both public and private) are not a matter of public record as are
- the radio frequencies. They have been supplied to us from many sources and
- have been compiled here for your use. Therefore, you may not find the
- specific codes & signals for your area. However, many agencies within a
- state use similar codes and you may be able to piece together a working list
- for your locality even without the specific codes & signals. If you do
- come up with an "official" list and we do not have it contained here, be
- sure to send us a copy and we will include that information to be shared with
- other scanner radio enthusiasts.
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-
- To print the text files provided with this program, use your DOS print
- command (e.g. PRINT STATES.TXT). This will print the states text file
- to the printer. Enjoy your Betty Bearcat CD and look for updates in
- the future.
-
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- HOW TO USE BETTY BEARCAT -- THE ELECTRONIC FREQUENCY DIRECTORY FOR WINDOWS:
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- 1. Open file manager, click on file, click on run.
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- 2. On command line type *:BB for monocrome, click OK (* = your cd rom drive
- letter)
- 3. On command line type *:BBC for color, click OK (* = your cd rom drive
- letter)
- 4. Follow the menu choices as per the DOS instructions above.
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- To view the radio codes and signals do the following:
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- 1. Open file manager.
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- 2. Go to files box and find the file for the state you want (e.g. TX for
- Texas radio codes & signals). Double click on that file name and it will
- bring the codes & signals up in notepad.
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- 3. Some radio codes and signals are too big for notepad if that happens then
- do the following:
-
- A. Go to accessories in the program manager.
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- B. Double click on write.
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- C. When write comes up click on file and then click on open.
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- D. Go to file type box, click the downarrow, click on text files.
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- E. Go to drives box on bottom right corner, click on down arrow and
- pick your CD rom drive.
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- E. Go up to files box and double click on the file name you wish to look
- at (e.g. OH.TXT for Ohio Radio Codes & Signals).
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- F. Write asks if you want to convert the text file to a write format
- file. Answer "No".
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- G. Write does not format the page like notebook does. If you want the
- data to look neat and linear you can do the following:
- 1. Highlight entire document.
- 2. Click on character, click on fonts.
- 3. In the fonts box pick any 10 cpi font. Click OK.
- 4. Click on document, click on page layout, then adjust left and
- right margins to 0.5 on each. Then click OK.
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- 4. You should be able to print your text files from either notebook or
- write.
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