User's Manual

RadioReference uses Counties/Cities to group radio systems that are used in a local
county or independent city. If you wish to explore the radio systems used in counties and
independent cities, scroll to Counties/Cities and press the  key to proceed to the next
step.
RadioReference uses Systems under the state level to group trunked radio systems that
provide statewide coverage, such as consolidated statewide trunked radio systems used
for state agency (and in some cases, local agency) use. Many states have consolidated
their communications systems to a single statewide trunked radio system, which allows
radio users from multiple agencies to share a single sophisticated radio system that
provides coverage throughout the entire state. If you wish to explore statewide trunked
radio systems, scroll to Systems and press the  to proceed to the next step.
More often than not, you’ll probably want to explore counties and independent cities for
radio systems and users in your immediate area, so for this step by step process, we’ll use
Counties/Cities as our example.
Scroll to Counties/Cities and press the  key to proceed. You’ll be presented with a list of
counties and independent cities for your state, with the counties appearing first at the top of
the list. Now, scroll to your county or independent city and press the  key to proceed to
the next step.
HINT: You can also press the  key anytime to navigate backward through the Library
menu system.
For counties and independent cities, there will typically be three options to choose from:
Agencies, Categories and Systems. The association of objects with each of these groups
depends a lot on how the RadioReference volunteers decide to group their information.
You’ll likely find businesses, airports, attractions, authorities and other non-governmental
entities under the Agencies group. Government and public safety entities will likely be
found under Categories, or, if the county or city operates a trunked radio system, under the
Systems grouping.
iSCAN makes it easy for you to explore all of these groups. Just use the  and  keys to
“drill in” and “drill out” of the Library’s menu system.