Wackroyd said:
I want to become a paying and contributing member, but I am concerened with the integrity and completeness of your database. I looked up all frequencies for the ocunty I live in in New York and you list 20 frequencies for the whole county. That is incredibley incomplete and inaccurate. I'm willing to pay , but not for inforamation that's outdated, incomplete and innacurate. AM I missing something ?
If your looking for completeness, then maybe RR isn't for you. This site is not "complete" and never will be. No site that is in existence will be complete or 100% accurate all the time. There are dozens of undiscovered frequencies, frequencies that have not been submitted, or frequencies that other users deemed not monitoring/submission (E.G. Why would I add the school district maintenance crew?)
If anything, the goal of this site is for ACCURACY of what is submitted, and having good descriptions of the purpose. That's the first priority, then the second priority is getting more frequencies/systems added.
This site is probably
the most complete database for frequency/talkgroup information and descriptions on a hobbyist level. Every other "hobbyist" site has old and out of date info and costs an arm and a leg. The submitters here are very active at keeping everything in the database up to date as soon as changes happen. But remember, submitters are people like you and me (other members.) I've had several frequencies added for my area. We all do our best to submit things when we make a positive ID on a frequency.
The **ONLY** database in the U.S. that is guaranteed "complete" is the FCC database here:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchAdvanced.jsp This will list every frequency registered in New York. However, you will find out very quickly that the FCC database has many flaws.
* The database takes forever to search through
* You only see what municipal/organization holds the frequency. The FCC will
not reveal the purpose of said frequency (e.g. Dispatch, Patrol, SWAT will never be described in their database.)
* This database doesn't come in nice table-format that aids in the copy/paste into your scanner.
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Did I mention the queries you run against FCC database take f o r e v e r to process?
RadioReference's high points are:
* All the data in the database is available FREE to ANYONE.
* Any registered user can submit NEW DATA.
* The database is descriptive on the PURPOSE / USE of listed frequencies. Not only do you know the frequencies merely exist, but you know what they are used for.
* The format is easy to copy/paste into a scanning program. (Even easier with the formats available to you with a subscription.)
* The site runs much quicker than manually running queries against the FCC database.
* It is organized in a format specifically to ease searching for data in your area.
If you subscribe, you're showing your support for the future development of this site. If this site is not useful to you in any fashion, then do not subscribe.