[Scan-DC] GRECOM PSR-500

[Rick Hansen]

I think they're great radios for the money. You can get them for $300-$400
on sale. During Christmas when they have sales goals, you can sometimes get
RS employees to order one at their employee discount (40% off). 

I concur with the concerns about the overloading. I've got a Pro-106. I love
it; however it is image-prone in the 700-800MHz range. In Silver Spring and
Laurel I can hear 700 MHz images of the 800MHz Anne Arundel system. 

I think the BC-396 radios are smaller and have a better "close call" system,
but a 396 would have cost me $200 more. 

May you listen well and often!

R.

-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ka3jjz at netscape.com
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 9:07 PM
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] GRECOM PSR-500

Hi Ralph - 

There has been a tremendous amount of discussion on the new GRE (and RS
clones) scanners on RadioReference. There's also a dedicated GRE forum, and
a quick FAQ on the subject can be found here...

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/GRE/RS_Object_Oriented_Scanners_FAQ

Note that on both the wiki and forums, generally anything in blue is a link.

I would be cautious on the antenna selection. Some have found that the radio
is a bit too sensitive and would overload in an urban area with too much
antenna, others have not had this issue. YMMV, of course.

73 Mike

links editor,Utility Monitoring Central
Wiki Administrator, HF Forum moderator, Radioreference.Com 

--- johnson at cpcug.org wrote:

From: johnson at cpcug.org
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Scan-DC] GRECOM PSR-500
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:48:05 -0400 (EDT)

All -

I am interested in what the group thinks of the Grecom PSR-500 Trunking
Scanner?

A co-worker who has minimal electronic background but recently received
his Tech ticket purchased a PSR-500 as part of his entry into the
Ham/Scanning world.

So far he has enjoyed it and has been able to get it set up fairly easily.
 The instructions, a copy of which he gave me, are written in readable
English I can follow, no machine translation of Chinese or Japanese.  Even
if the actual process may be complex, if the process is explained well,
then they can be easily followed.  He, as I mentioned, has a basic
electronic knowledge but he was able to program it so it would
automatically log the members of Talkgroups and even help him find the
talkgroups.

The audio sounds reasonable, with the stock rubber ducky it appeared to
receive the signals fairly well.  I recommended he connect it to his
J-Pole over the weekend to see the difference between the rubber ducky and
the J-Pole.

Reviews, positive & negative are welcome.  It is about Time I go over the
Digital Divide and get a trunker so I can hear Montgomery county Boys and
Girls in brown again.

Ralph Johnson

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