[MilCom] RS Pro 97 On Sale Again

[Bill Jones]

> Radio Shack's Weekly Sales Flyer for my area is indicating that the Radio Shack
> Pro 97 (catalog #20-527) is again on sale at "selected stores"... This is a
> great portable scanner for milcom/milair monitoring, 1000 channels, "signal
> stalking" (close capture technology include UHF aero), mode selection, computer
> programmable (with separate purchase of cable & software), instant CTCSS/DCS
> code, as well as easy trunking systems tracking.  This is not an P25 capable
> radio.
> 
> I bought one of these the last time it was on sale an it is an excellent 
> scanner for milcom/milair monitoring & is very cost effective purchase for all
> of its' features!!!!
 
I got one as an XMAS gift, and it is a nice scanner.  However I was a bit 
surprised that I have been unable to find a document on the web describing the 
command set for it's computer interface.  I know that there are some programs 
out there that you can buy, but I prefer to use programs I've written myself 
that do just what I want and only what I want.  For other scanners I have, 
like the Uniden/BC's I've found nice documents describing the command sets, 
but for the Pro 97, I haven't been able to find this info.  I know I could 
reverse engineer these things to find what many of the commands are, but it 
seems like surely this info exists somewhere.   Does anyone know where to get 
the CAT protocol for this receiver?



Bill Jones         N3JLQ
Sweden Maine
wejones at megalink.net
http://www.megalink.net/~wejones