Scanner/Ham Channels Help

[ericjkelly]

Hey guys!

I am new to the scanner/Ham world. I bought my first one, but have no idea how to find channels. The user guide is decent and i am trying to figure out the trunking.

How do I know what channels to program? Is there a list somewhere? When I am in a community how do I find the HAM network where spotters may be chatting??

Help!

 

[Jim Hunt]

All of the scanner data can be found at Radio Reference. The database is quite extensive and users do an excellent job of maintaining it.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/

I strongly suggest you get programming software from Butel - http://www.butel.nl/ or FreeSCAN - http://www.sixspotsoftware.com/products/freescan

Then purchase a premium subscription at RR to directly download and import into your scanner. It is infinitely easier than programming by hand.

Also lots of great help in the RR forums.

Skywarn frequencies are there too but you might like this...

http://www.w9nws.org/repeater_map

and this...

http://www.acarts.com/images/IWX.jpg

And don't miss this next weekend - http://www.acarts.com/hfmain.htm