[Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations

Tue Jun 9 08:52:40 EDT 2009

My "significant other" has one of the 1st generation RS (made by GRE) portable digital trunking scanners, I can't remember the model #... the display failed (just after the one-year warranty expired, of course!).  She took it back to the RS store and they sent it out... I believe that it was returned to the store after it was repaired and she picked it up from there after they notified her.  Whole process took less than 3 weeks I'm sure... I don't remember the exact time frame, but I do remember that it came back more quickly than I expected.  It's worked fine since - seems to me the repair was only $50 (it may have been as much as $75) but she was not unhappy.  Apparently there was an issue with the displays in that model.  This was just about a year ago.

DK

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> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: ltbrown122 at aol.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:26:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>
> Years ago I had a RS 2m rig fixed. At that time, I took it in to a RS store
> and they sent it out for repair. However, that was at a time when RS
> employees generally knew more than just how to hawk cellphones, so I don't
> know what the process is these days.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ltbrown122 at aol.com [mailto:ltbrown122 at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:11 PM
> To: w4jecom at w4je.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>
>
> Andy,
>
> I would guess you are probably right, it would be worth it to at least have
> someone take a look at it. Does anyone know if you can just take it back
> into your local radio shack and have them send it off or is there
> information available on their web site. Or do I have to somehow get in
> touch with GRE because it's their base product?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Andrew Clegg" 
>
> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:59:06
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>
>
> For what it's worth, my BC246T went pretty deaf after a while. At first I
> thought I was imagining it, then when I compared side-by-side with another
> older scanner, it was like night and day. So I sent the 246T to Uniden, and
> sure enough, there was a blown transistor (or something) in the front end,
> which they repaired for $50. Since then it's been great. So, something
> similar may have happened to your Pro-96. You may want to check into repair
> options. My opinion is that it was worth $50 to bring a $200 scanner back to
> life. Since the Pro-96 is more expensive, I would think it's definitely
> worth saving.
>
> Andy
>
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> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of ltbrown122 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:40 PM
> To: Doug Kitchener; scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net; fxpd614 at gmail.com;
> scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>
>
> I really wanted to get in on this discussion sooner but I got busy over the
> weekend.
>
> I really liked my Pro-96 when I first got it, but like so many people I feel
> that it has gone deaf to so many things. It's not nearly the scanner it used
> to be. So much so that I would actually rather get an old saber astro
> portable to listen from rather than to try and see what it will hear today.
>
> But then by chance I got a Unidern 92xlt scanner in a box of other stuff. I
> really like the close call feature and I really feel it's so much more
> sensitive than the pro-96. In the car I have the radio shack glass mount all
> band scanner antenna and I can hear sooo much more on the 92 than I ever
> heard with the pro 96. Things like MSP on low band, and NIH on the 410
> federal band. So I just wonder if the new portable scanner the 396xt is as
> good as the 92 and so it would be worth it to spend the money and have the
> added features of the GPS attachment option.
>
> Or will it be like buying an old black and white tv (the 92) that receives
> better than any new color tv (396) ever will?
>
> That's what is holding me back. Would the newer uniden be as sensitive as my
> 92?
>
> Joe B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Kitchener 
>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:28:28
> To: ; 
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>
>
>
> I have both Uniden (BC-396, not the XT, and BC-796) and PRO-197 (RS, of
> course) and like both... I tend to go in the direction of base/mobile radios
> rather than portables but the electronics are the same. Mike has probably
> covered better what I'm going to say next, I just skimmed his message, but
> FWIW... the audio quality of the RS unit is far superior to the Unidens. I
> believe the GRE/RS receiver itself is a little better ("hotter") than
> Uniden. I_think_ the Uniden covers one milair band that the RS/GRE does
> not (I listen mainly to public safety and haven't gotten dragged into milair
> scanning yet!) I understand that the GRE radios come with the programming
> cable (but don't hold me to that). The RS and Uniden ones do not. For my
> taste, the display characters are a little too small on the PRO and it
> provides too much information that cannot be controlled through the menu
> (minor!). And finally, the Radio Shack ones occasionally go on sale - they
> were $200 off at Xmas and $100 off at Memorial Day... so watch and see if
> they go on sale over 4th of July or holidays after that and be ready to
> strike.
>
> I used to throw the 796 in the car whenever I went anywhere, but have
> switched over to the PRO, because the audio is so much better, esp in the
> vehicle application (road/wind noise and so forth).
>
> Plan on possible added expenses for programming cable and/or software.
>
> Soooo... I don't dislike any of the ones I have... you pays your money and
> you takes your choice! Having said that, I think the RS one_on sale_ is the
> best value if the lack of that one milair band isn't an issue for you.
> Money talks!
>
> By the way - forget hand programming and I highly recommend the BuTel
> software - have not tried anything else tho so others may be just as good.
> And I learned to program the Uniden radios first, so I find those a bit
> easier to program than the RS/GRE. Also, you will have a significant
> learning curve for both using and programming - I found this very daunting
> at first.
>
> Good luck - let us know what you decide!
>
> Doug
>
>
>
>
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>> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 22:52:17 -0400
>> From: fxpd614 at gmail.com
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Scanner Recomendations
>>
>> What do you recomend? PSR-500, Uniden 396xt, or the Pro106?
>>
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