RR User Guide

Stub article for the official RadioReference.com User's Guide.

RadioReference.com Policies and Procedures

• RR Database Submission Guidelines - Want to submit data to the Radio Reference Database? Look here for information on how to send us data.
• Data Removal Policy - Why was my article (page, data) dropped?
• Legal
• Terms and Conditions of Use
• Donations

RadioReference.com General Site Questions

• What new features are coming for the site and the database?
  • See the RR 3.0 Release Specifications Document for more details

• "I purchased a subscription, so why am I not listed as a contributing user?"
  • 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 mailed in a check, which takes a few days to go through the mail and clear.

RadioReference XML Service and Downloading Data

• ''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 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.

• ''Im using an early version of ARC250 that didn't support connecting to the database. Can I get the data anyway?''
• ''Im using Win(92, 93, 95) from Starrsoft and it doesn't support connecting to the database. Can I get the data anyway?''
  • Answer: If you have Microsoft Excel, the answer is yes. See this article on how to use Paste Special to load data into a spreadsheet, then into your software

RadioReference Database Elements and Characteristics

• ''In the Radio Reference Database, What are Location Based Attributes and how are they interpreted?''

Location based attributes are used to specify when a frequency or talkgroup is used in a portion of a region (northern part of the city, South County, ect.) rather than the entire region. Please see the Location Based Info article for more information.

• ''What are Tags, and what purpose do they serve?''

Tags are used to group frequencies and talkgroups by services; eventually one will be able to query the database by location and service, giving much more accurate results. See our Tags article for the valid values for this feature.

• ''How do I categorize data when adding tags to the database?''
• ''What standard abbreviations are recommended for adding data to the database?''

See our Admin Style Guide for guidelines on abbreviations, tags and other issues encountered when adding tag and service information to the database.