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== RadioReference.com General Site Questions ==
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* '''''What new features are coming for the site and the database?'''''
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[[Category:Classifieds FAQ]]
** See the [[RR 3.0 Release Specifications]] Document for more details
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[[Category:Database FAQ]]
 
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[[Category:Forums FAQ]]
* "'''''I made a donation, so why am I not listed as a contributing user?'''''"
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[[Category:Wiki Editing FAQ]]
** Answer:  There are a number of reasons why, however the most common include:
 
*** You made your donation with a Paypal e-check, which requires a few days to clear Paypal before you are granted access as a donating users.
 
*** You didn't enter your radioreference.com username when making the donation on the [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=Donate donation page].
 
*** You didn't donate the minimum amount as required on the [[Donations|Donations Information Page]] page.
 
 
 
* '''''''How do I use the RadioReference.com Web Service?''''''' 
 
** Answer: The [[RadioReference.com Web Service]] is an XML interface to all of the Trunked System information in the RR Database.  It is available to all [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=23 donating users] of the site.  See the The [[RadioReference.com Web Service]] page for more information on applications that support the Web service, and the specification for applications developers.
 
 
 
== Frequently Asked Questions about Scanner Topics ==
 
 
 
=== General Scanning Questions ===
 
* What is [[Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System|CTCSS]]?
 
* What is [[DCS]]?
 
* What is [[Simplex]]?
 
* What is [[Duplex]]?
 
* What is a [[Repeater]]?
 
* What is [[SAME]]?
 
* What is an [[input frequency]] and an [[output frequency]]?
 
 
 
=== Specific Scanning Questions ===
 
* '''''''Can I bring my scanner on an airplane?'''''''  Read the [[Scanning on an Airplane]] and [[Scanners and Airport Security]] pages.
 
* '''''''Is scanning legal?'''''''  Read this informative site on [http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/ scanner laws].
 
* '''''''I am a railfan and would like to scan, what frequencies do they use are they?''''''' See [[Railroad frequencies]].
 
* '''''''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 ===
 
* '''''''I have some questions about what I see in the Database.'''''''
 
** Go to the [[Common Programming Questions]] page for some answers to common questions.
 

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