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The Scanners series of books have been consistent bestsellers - being the UKs leading guides to receiving equipment employed by enthusiasts to monitor the short wave and VHF/UHF wavebands used by airfields - maritime and rescue services - and analogue and digital two-way private mobile radio systems. This new (seventh) edition covers the rapidly increasing trend towards digital two-way radio communications and the latest handheld and mobile/base scanners with some digital modes fitted. It has been fully re-written and updated to include the latest UK radio frequency listings and call signs for airports - maritime and emergency services and other professional organisations. The book covers the latest shifts in the hobby towards digital and PC- and tablet-controlled radio technology and illustrates the very latest commercial radio scanning equipment and accessories. Included are details of an increasing number of apps for smartphones specifically for radio data decoding - including programs for digital scanner communications decoding for which a smartphone can be linked to an existing scanner radio to decode.Other innovations include TETRA as used by police - ambulance - fire and rescue services - and DMR modes such as Mototrbo. It is predicted that by 2016 - fifty per cent of two-way radio communication in the UK will use digital modes....