re [Scan-DC] Hello - First Post - And a few questions

[John Bacon]

I will vouch for ScannerMaster Rich Barnett is a great guy and has tons of
AWESOME ideas, products and some of his employees are not bad looking
either. ;)

If you get a Uniden scanner I recommend getting the BUTEL ARC software as it
seems to be easier than the USAD software from Uniden.

JOHN

-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of oldsdoug at hotmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:04 PM
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: re [Scan-DC] Hello - First Post - And a few questions


Marshall, welcome aboard - I'm in Gaithersburg also, near the corner of
Goshen and Snouffer's School in Montfunkery Village, to be exact. I have 2
friends who are using the Pro 96, the reasons that they bought those are the
local availability thru the RS stores and the fact that they're
pre-programmed... this is as opposed to the Uniden ones, which have a rather
steep learning curve and at least as far as the 796, a downright lousy
manual (nonetheless, I have a 796 and once I figured out how to use and
program it, have been relatively happy. The newer base / mobile unit that
replaced it, I forget the number, is even better.)

At the risk of mentioning something you probably already know, the Pro 96 is
actually made by GRE for Radio Shack so I would suspect that programming is
similar, but not sure... I do know that the new Uniden 396s no longer have
"banks"; they have systems... not sure what the PRO has and whether the new
GREs are similar to the Pros or if they have new technology.

A couple of friends and I are getting ready to purchase the 396, perhaps
from scannermaster.com... their quantity price is $484.95 for 3 - 5
radios... if you're interested in that one at all and would like to go in
with us, let me know.

Private email follows.

Regards,

Doug

> From: mulie3 at comcast.net
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:23:50 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Hello - First Post - And a few questions
>
> Hello All, my name is Marshall and I have been lurking here for a long 
> time just to "keep up" with scanning in Montgomery Co./Gaithersburg. I 
> am going to buy an APCO scanner soon and was wondering if anyone out 
> there is using one of the new GRE'S. I am looking at the APCO capable 
> handheld. I guess the big question is how easy it is to program 
> compared to the RS Pro96. Are there files anywhere that I can just 
> upload to it for MC Police and Fire? I know if I get the Pro-96 at a 
> local RS they will set it up, or should be able to anyhow. Any info on the
RS vs. the GRE will be helpful.
>
> Thanks, Marshall
>
> WA3RIJ
>
>
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