Scanning 101
From Scan New England Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchWelcome to the First Scanning page. This page, courtesy of the RadioReference
wiki, is designed to give you a first look into the world of scanning. While it covers many different topics, there is lots of room for additions and changes. This page will also serve those folks wanting to research a scanner before they buy; each link in that section leads to another page with reviews, Yahoo groups, supporting software and more.
Contents
Scanners And Receivers
Topics, Terminology and Software
Topics and Terminology
- Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)
- Antennas of all kinds...from ducks to discones and lots in between...
- Astro 25 What's all this talk about 'P-25' anyway??
- CTCSS Also often referred to as a 'PL'
- DCS Digital Coded Squelch; another popular form of tone encoding
- Military air(Milair) Monitoring
- New England Milair A page devoted to New England milair, brought over from the now-defunct Long Island Scanning Resources board
- Rebanding: Concepts and Theory
- Trunked Radio Decoders For reading the control channel of various types of trunked systems.
- Trunking; Concepts and Types
Software
Back to Main Page