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Get started with Scanning in 2021

Our "2021 Scanner Radio Crash Course" Webinar will be January 26, 2021 at 8pm Eastern US time. \xa0Register for the live webinar or catch the replay at www.scannerschool.com/2021

This webinar will get you started or up to speed on Scanning for 2021.\xa0

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Do you want to get started with scanning or brush up on basics in the new year?

In this episode, Phil goes through a rapid-fire rundown of basic terminology and types of scanning from analog to digital transmissions.\xa0

This is part 1 of this 2021 crash course.

What You Will Take Away from This Week's Podcast:

• Scanning is the ability to cycle through many frequencies per second, or to monitor one or several frequencies, allowing you to monitor several agencies on one radio.
• What is a frequency and how do we measure it
• The difference between Hertz, Kilo-Hertz, and Mega-Hertz.
• AM, FM, and USB
• Simplex, Duplex, and Repeated Transmissions
• The benefits of Analog and Digital Transmissions
• The differences between FDMA and TDMA and what this means for Digital Transmissions
• P25 is short for Project 25, a set of standards under telecommunications associations.
• What DMR is and the differences between Tier 1, 2 and 3
• NXDN and it's benefits

All session notes with links to the items we talked about an be found on our website at www.scannerschool.com/session160

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