Scanning 101

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Beginner's Corner

• Deciding on a Scanner
• Common Conventional Programming Questions
• Common Trunking Programming Questions
• Making the Connection between the Soundcard and Scanner
• Object Oriented Scanners (PSR 500/600, PRO-106, 197
• Programming Shortcuts for various scanners
• The RadioReference Glossary
• Scanner Programming FAQ
• Trunking
• Uniden's Dynamic Memory Architecture and the new DMA Scanners

Receivers and Scanners

VHF-UHF Receivers

• Alinco Receivers
• AOR Receivers
• Icom Receivers
• WinRadio Receivers
• Yaesu Receivers
• Yupiteru Receivers

Scanners

• GRE Scanners
• Radio Shack Scanners
• Uniden Scanners

Trunktrackers

• Analog Trunktrackers
• Digital Trunktrackers

Software Applications

• Popular Software for RS/Uniden Scanners
• Popular Software for GRE Scanners
• Recording Software
• RadioReference Web Service Many applications can download data from the RadioReference database to program your scanner, but you first need a ...
• Premium Subscription (cheap)

Antennas, Accessories and Reviews

• Scanner Antennas of all kinds...from ducks to discones and lots in between...
• Scanner Accessories
• Filters to remove pagers and other unwanted stuff...
• Reviews

Finding Frequencies

• Canadian scanning websites, mailing lists and wiki articles
• Finding Air Traffic Frequencies
• Marine Frequencies
• Military Monitoring
• Railroad Frequencies
• RadioReference Database
• New England Milcom
• US/Canadian Common Frequencies
• US based scanning websites and wiki articles

Other Topics

• Modifications always a popular topic
• Propagation Above 30 Mhz
• Rebanding
• Uniden Firmware Updates
  • BCD396T 3.01 updates
  • BCD996T 3.01 updates
  • BC246T Firmware Revision Notes 2.60.00
  • BCT15 Firmware Revision Notes 1.06.00
  • BC898 Firmware Revision Notes 1.60
  • BCT8 Firmware Revision Notes 1.60
• Scanners on the Web
• Software trunking channel decoders For reading the control channel of various types of trunked systems.

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