perhaps i'm just stubborn, but i've never liked using programming software
for anything.
figuring out the programming process, and manually entering everything seems
like one is in far more control than fighting with some useless piece of
unaccessible software?
I guess if you want to program 500 frequencies, it might get tedious, but
for myself, and I think it's probably true for most scanner listeners, you
really only listen to perhaps 40 or 50 frequencies anyway, usually less than
that if you listen to 3 or 4 trunk systems.
at one point, I programmed all 300 channels into my bc245XLT...the problem
then became what I actually wanted to listen to.
there was so much stuff in there that I started forgetting what was
where...and ended up resetting and just programming a couple trunk systems
and some very common police, fire and EMS along with air and transit
frequencies...a total of 40 memory channels I think. I just stick different
services and frequency groups into different banks on the scanner so I can
shut off air freqs, or transit freqs, or police conventional freqs if I want
to listen to specific things without the other garbage getting in the way.
it's nice to use radio reference and all that stuff with an accessible piece
of software, but sometimes, when you can't afford either a top end scanner
or don't feel like paying $30/$70 for a subscription for 30 seconds worth of
download, then it's time to just figure it out yourself and go from there.
we're all hams after all. we're supposed to be able to figure these things
out given time and patients.
I suspect the programming protacalls haven't changed all that much since the
bc245xlt...just choose your system type, enter frequencies, then talk group
info if you need to, and off you go.
conventional is even easier than that.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
> Now days, the biggest problem is programming them. None of the scanner
> programming software that I know of is accessible by us.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
>
>
>> well, aren't they all accessible to one extent or another?
>> none of them have voice out put or cw output of frequency, so they can't
>> be
>> said to be that accessible...and with most of them, it's a matter of
>> reading
>> the manual and following steps to program them and operate them?
>> with the acception of this new touch screen model anyway.
>> At least scanners up to this point have had physical buttons one can
>> press
>> and feel and so you can follow steps, or key clicks, or whatever you need
>> to.
>> my experience is limited to Uniden and RS scanners, but they all seem to
>> be
>> similar and if you follow the manual and pay attention, you can program
>> them
>> fairly easily.
>> just like with any amateur rig out there.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
>>
>>
>>> There will be a presentation later this week on what scanners are
>>> accessible to us. When it is online, I'll post the link.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Glass" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 6:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Russ,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for sending the link to this podcast. I have downloaded it, and
>>>> am
>>>> looking forward to seeing what information it has to offer.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 9:34:25
>>>> Subject: Re: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If this will help, here is a podcast on this scanner a blind user
>>>>> posted
>>>>> http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct992UnidendBCD396.mp3
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "John Glass" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 1:57 PM
>>>>> Subject: A Question About Hand Held Scanners?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Some of our public safety agencies here in the Santa Clara valley
>>>>> > are
>>>>> > starting to use the APCO 25 digital format.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Have any of you used the Bearcat b c d 396 t, or the GRE 500 hand
>>>>> > held
>>>>> > scanner? I understand that the GRE 500 is the same radio as the new
>>>>> > Radio
>>>>> > Shack model 106.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I am curious to know how accessible these radios might be?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > John
>>>
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