Red Wave Radio

by **The Cosmic Ween** » Sat, 03 Dec 1994 12:44:35

Are there any shareware/public domain programs that can be
used to organize and keep track of scanner frequencies? I have heard
that there are commercial ones, and I suppose that a spreadsheet could
be used. I'm not looking to *control* the scanner, I have a 205xlt, I
just want to keep track of frequencies. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.

Neer Danielli

by **Mike Morr** » Tue, 06 Dec 1994 12:42:15

> Are there any shareware/public domain programs that can be
>used to organize and keep track of scanner frequencies? I have heard
>that there are commercial ones, and I suppose that a spreadsheet could
>be used. I'm not looking to *control* the scanner, I have a 205xlt, I
>just want to keep track of frequencies. Any suggestions would be
>appreciated.
> Neer Danielli

I've tried several, and I end up coming back to Microsoft Access.
I've set up a small database which includes freq, service, channel name
(their name - like "Freq 1"), callsign, use (like "prime dispatch"),
site (like "Mt. Wilson"), building (like "MRA"), and a Notes field.

Many local sites have multiple buildings. One of my hobbies is ham
radio, and I do some part time work for a two-way house. One ofthe
things I help do is interference tracking and analasis, and many times
it helps to know what site a given signal is coming from, and once in a
while what building. So when I find out, I add it. Then down the road
when we have a problem on Mount Lukens, we can seperate all the sources
on thet site out and check each frequency for problems...
PS: "MRA" is Mobile Radio Associates - they have buildings on a dozen or
so sites here in LA. Used as an example only.
--
Mike Morris WA6ILQ | All opinions must be my own since nobody pays
PO Box 1130 | me enough to be their mouthpiece...
Arcadia, CA. 91077 |

by **Flying Turtl** » Tue, 06 Dec 1994 20:26:19

> > Are there any shareware/public domain programs that can be
> >used to organize and keep track of scanner frequencies? I have heard
> >that there are commercial ones, and I suppose that a spreadsheet could
> >be used. I'm not looking to *control* the scanner, I have a 205xlt, I
> >just want to keep track of frequencies. Any suggestions would be
> >appreciated.

> > Neer Danielli

> I've tried several, and I end up coming back to Microsoft Access.
> I've set up a small database which includes freq, service, channel name
> (their name - like "Freq 1"), callsign, use (like "prime dispatch"),
> site (like "Mt. Wilson"), building (like "MRA"), and a Notes field.

I have tried several but IMHO Microsoft Excel is the absolute best way
to mangage frequency lists for scanners.You can paste a copy of plain text
into it with frequencies and then convert it on the fly into data format
that you really can manipulate! The output can be easily moved to other forms
for compute control of the scanner.

The little applet that comes with os/2 warp is pretty but not anywhere
near as powerful or as easy to use. It may be a start though for someone just
playing around who dosn't really care that they may reach a dead end in choices.

Vic ki4je

Red Wave Radio

Frequency database programs?

Frequency database programs?

Frequency database programs?

Frequency database programs?