petbytes
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While looking within the data bases here at RR, I see some systems have numerical entries for HEX. What is HEX?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
What is HEX
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wannabescannist
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Hexadecimal...just a number, equal to base 16.
Ten numerical digits and 6 alphabetic digits [0123456789ABCDEF]. A is 10, F is 15. Multiply by 16 to get next place value.
Ten numerical digits and 6 alphabetic digits [0123456789ABCDEF]. A is 10, F is 15. Multiply by 16 to get next place value.
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N5TWB
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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f. Its primary purpose is to represent the binary code in a format easier for humans to read, and acts as a form of shorthand, in which one hexadecimal digit stands in place of four binary bits.
mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f. Its primary purpose is to represent the binary code in a format easier for humans to read, and acts as a form of shorthand, in which one hexadecimal digit stands in place of four binary bits.
petbytes said:
Some scanners display certain trunking attributes in Hex format, also some computer programs read some attributes in Hex. It was pretty much a way to designate larger numbers with less characters, which was very important when memory was expensive in the early days of trunked radio.
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