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* '''''''What is the best scanner for me?''''''' See the help provided on the [[Scanner decision | scanner decision]] page.
 
* '''''''What is the best scanner for me?''''''' See the help provided on the [[Scanner decision | scanner decision]] page.
 
* '''''''What is this rebanding I keep seeing mentioned?''''''' The answer to this is pretty involved, see the excellent special topic [[Rebanding]] article.
 
* '''''''What is this rebanding I keep seeing mentioned?''''''' The answer to this is pretty involved, see the excellent special topic [[Rebanding]] article.
* '''''''I am trying to monitor a trunked system in my area. I have a (insert model) and all I hear is noise. What's wrong?'''''''
 
**You may be listening to the data on the control channel as audio.  The system must be programmed as a trunked system.  Your scanner must support trunked system monitoring.  See [[:Category:Trunking_Scanners|this category page]] to see the scanners that can monitor trunked systems.
 
**The system may be transmitting digitally-encoded audio.. Check the [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR database] for your area to be certain. The only scanners on the market that can receive ''non-encrypted'' digitally-encoded audio are those listed on [[:Category:Digital_Scanners|this category page]].
 
* '''''''The database says that my area uses [[EDACS Provoice]] (or EDACS [[OpenSky]] ). Can any scanner receive these formats?''''''' Due to the proprietary nature of these formats, no scanner can receive either of these formats. There are several such formats which scanners cannot track (or receive); the most common ones are listed at the bottom of [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/trunkedscanners.html this page]
 
  
 
=== Database Programming Questions ===
 
=== Database Programming Questions ===

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