Scanner School - Everything you wanted to know about the Scanner Radio Hobby

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016 - P25 Scanner Radio Reviews and Best Buys Apr 10, 2018

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In Today's podcast, we review the current Phase 2 capable scanners on the market

In Session 14 we introduced you P25 systems and hardware.

In Session 15 we discussed Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, and conventional P25 as well as some hints and tricks you can use to monitor P25 systems.

This podcast will wrap up our P25 series, for now.

You can grab links and see more reviews on the scanners mentioned on today's podcast at www.scannerschool.com/session16

New this week, you can also help support the Scanner School podcast by visiting www.scannerschool.com/support We have several ways to help fund the podcast, including a way that comes at no cost to you!

Don't forget to catch us this Saturday for our FB Live Q&A Session. See our schedule at www.scannerschool.com/events

015 - P25 Hints and Tricks - Plus Conventional, Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA Trunking Apr 03, 2018

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Last week we introduced P25. This week we build on that introduction session and discuss conventional and trunking with P25. This includes Phase 1, Phase 2, and X2-TDMA systems.

We also have a few hints and tricks for you to optimize your P25 reception on your Uniden, Whistler, GRE, or Radio Shack scanner radio.

You can grab the show notes for today's podcast at www.scannerschool.com/session15

You can also take a look at our glossary for all of the acronyms we used in this session at www.scannerschool.com/glossary

We also have a live Facebook Q&A Session every Saturday at 11am. Join us at www.scannerschool.com/facebook

Phil / w2lie

014 - Introduction to P25 Mar 27, 2018

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Welcome to P25 aka Project 25 aka APCO-25.

We talk about the 8 modules that make up a P25 system and how they operate.

P25 Conventional is covered as well as NAC.

P25 Trunking, Phase 1, Phase 2, and X2-TDMA will follow in next week's session of the Scanner School Podcast.

If you haven't subscribed to our podcast, please do so now so you don't miss next week's session.

013 - Consulting Call with Jon Goldenberg Mar 20, 2018

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Be a fly on the wall on one of my consulting sessions with Jon Goldenberg.

Jon was one of the winners of the Free Consulting Contest that we had in February of 2018.

Jon and I discuss his current scanner needs and discuss some ways on how he can setup his scanners.

We talk about the local P25 and EDACS Trunk systems, close call, P25 threshold settings, and if he should consider using multiple scanners for his monitoring needs.

There is also an idea I have been tossing around at the end of this session, so please be sure to list to the full podcast to know what I have planned at the end of this week.

012 - Trunk Tracker III Scanner Radio Reviews Mar 13, 2018

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In this session of Scanner School, we review scanners that support "Analog" trunk systems, or systems that are not completely digital like P25, DMR, or NXDN. These scanners are sometimes called Trunk Tracker III scanners and the scanners we review in this session all support rebanding. You can download session notes for this podcast, as well as additional resources at http://www.scannerschool.com/session12

We also have a new e-guide available for anyone looking for their first scanner. Download a copy of the "5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Your First Scanner" at http://www.scannerschool.com/newscanner

011 - Rebanding Mar 06, 2018

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Rebanding is a necessary evil in the 800 MHz spectrum in the United States. In this session of Scanner School, we discuss why rebanding happened, how it changed the landscape of the 800MHz spectrum, and what it means for the scanner radio user.

There will be extra content that goes along with this podcast on our website at https://www.scannerschool.com/session11

010 - Motorola Trunk Radio Systems Feb 27, 2018

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Motorola Type I was the first generation trunk system by Motorola. Motorola Type IIi Hybrid was a bridge to the 2nd Generation Trunk System by Motorola, the Type II Smart Net.

A Smart Net system can be expanded into Smart Zone and Omni Link Systems. We will explain those systems, plus Motorola Type II VOC on the session of Scanner School.

Show notes can be found at https://www.scannerschool.com/session10

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009 - EDACS Trunk Radio Scanning Feb 20, 2018

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In this session of the Scanner School podcast, we discuss the different flavors of EDACS Trunking. We cover EDACS Wide, EDACS Narrow, EDACS SCAT, EDACS-ESK, including AEGIS and ProVoice.

In addition, we answer some listener e-mail questions and give suggestions on discone antennas, coax, and scanners that support EDACS-ESK.

Session notes can be found at www.scannerschool.com/session9

008 - LTR (Logic Trunked Radio) Systems Feb 13, 2018

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LTR or Logic Trunked Radio Systems, is a trunking protocol built by E.F. Johnson in the late 1970's. While it is primarily used in my area for business radios, it is the old dinosaur in the trunking world.

There are a few flavors of LTR Trunking. This session focuses on LTR Standard and LTR-Net. We discuss LTR Passport and LTR MultiNet very briefly.

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007 - Introduction to Trunked Radio Systems Feb 06, 2018

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Trunked Radio Systems are not difficult to understand one you know how they work. In this session of Scanner School, we talk about the basics of how Trunking works and will be focusing on specific trunk systems in the upcoming episodes.

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