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Welcome to Scanner School, a podcast dedicated to the Scanner Radio Hobby.
Each week we cover another topic related to scanning and will be answering all of your questions to take you from Scanner Radio Student to Scanner Radio Scholar.
Each week we cover another topic related to scanning and will be answering all of your questions to take you from Scanner Radio Student to Scanner Radio Scholar.
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Average audio length:
36 minutes
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English
United States
336 episodes
since Jan. 2, 2018
episodic
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Haskell Moore has spent approximately 50 years listening to scanner radios. He also brings 40 years of information-technology experience, including work as a Global IT Crisis Manager for BP, and continues to teach hurricane preparedness.
In this episode, Haskell explains how scanner radio helped h…
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Every month I answer your questions on the podcast.
If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask
Questions answered on this week's podcast
How can you monitor only 1 DMR talk group on a conventional fre…
Digital modes, like P25, NXDN, DMR and others will use FDMA, TDMA, or both allow multiple transmissions to share a single frequency at the same time.
FDMA or Frequency Division Multiple Access divides a current carrier frequency into multiple parts, allowing for multiple users to operate on the sa…
Imagine knowing that your scanner radio has a full signal, but you can't hear anything.
Maybe you're listening to a p25 trunk system, but you can't listen to any of the activity.
You can see your scanner is trying to go to a voice channel. It's trying to work. But you hear nothing.
How frustra…
The Nextel Conundrum:
Originally established as a convenient communication solution for small businesses, Nextel swiftly expanded its services to include cellular telephony.
However, the positioning of Nextel within the RF spectrum, sandwiched besides public safety frequencies, combined with …
Every month I answer your questions on the podcast.
If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask
Questions answered on this week's podcast
SDS100 channel labels & alpha tags
BCD436HP SD card error …
Phil sits down with Justin Kistner, a lifelong radio enthusiast and experienced storm chaser.
Discover Justin's journey from his first analog Bearcat scanner in the mid-90s to navigating the complexities of today's advanced digital systems.
Whether you are curious about the evolution of the hobby…
Once upon a time, we only had analog trunked radio systems. These systems all had analog voice talk groups.
These systems included Motorola Type I, Motorola Type IIi, Motorola Type II, EDACS, and LTR systems.
Today, we are living in a digital trunked environment, where there are no analog voice c…
There are two distinct flavors of trunked radio systems that we need to be aware of when programming our scanners.
There are systems that require that every frequency for each site be programmed into their pre-determined channel number, and those that do not.
Systems that require every frequen…
Every month I answer your questions on the podcast.
If you have a question you would like me to answer, please leave me a voicemail at 516-308-2885 or by visiting www.scannerschool.com/ask
This month, we are pulling questions that were asked via our Facebook Group.
Questions answered on this wee…
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