Scanner Frequency Organization

WB9YBM continues his series on getting the most from your scanner (and yes, there’s still plenty to listen to!), this time focusing on keeping the many frequencies you may be monitoring well-organized.

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When we first get a new scanner, our enthusiasm dictates we throw in a bunch of frequencies right away so we can start playing with our new toy as soon as possible. When the initial excitement wears off, we realize a bit of organization is called for. Luckily, most scanners today have their memory channels organized in banks. For example, a 100-channel scanner may have 10 banks of 10 channels each. This makes organizing easier without us having to do much of anything beyond collecting similar frequencies (like local airports, places we travel to on vacation, and so on) together onto one list. Although there are a lot of logging programs available on the internet, I’ve found it easier (and much less expensive) to create logs in the spreadsheet program…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2023

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