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== Frequently Asked Questions and Answers ==
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[[Category:Classifieds FAQ]]
It is our desire to get you up to speed as quick as possible with *correct information*. This FAQ exists to assist those new to the hobby of scanning.
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[[Category:Database FAQ]]
 
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[[Category:Forums FAQ]]
=== General Scanning Questions ===
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[[Category:Wiki Editing FAQ]]
* What is [[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]].
 
 
 
=== Site Questions ===
 
* ''How do I use the RadioReference.com Web Service?''  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.
 
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§ Tidbits and snips from the following people's posts in the forum's at radioreference.com were edited to construct this FAQ: (in no particular order)<br>
 
<small>Voyager, N_Jay, DaveNF2G, ChrisP</small>
 
 
 
§ Some information was repackaged from these websites:<br>
 
<small>www.northwestradio.com/interceptnw/101.htm<br>
 
www.strongsignals.net/access/content/new_user.html<br></small>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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