I was thinking about buying a pro-96.  The reason I didn't, in my area, only 
one service is using digital.  That was too much money to spend for one 
service.  I ended up buying a pro-97.  I can use win97 to see what banks are 
turned on or off.  I just download from the scanner and go through the bank 
check boxes.  One of the hams in my area emailed me the p97 file for this 
area.  I can use the number keys on the pro-97 to turn on and off banks I 
want to hear.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:28 AM
Subject: RS PRO-96 scanner was RE: New to the list.


> The Pro-96 is easy enough to operate once you get it programmed via the
> computer.  There are two operations that I have problems with, there's no
> way to know which banks are on/off and I have not been able to figure out
> how to manually jump to a talk-group.
>
> The problem with knowing which banks are on/off has been a problem with
> every scanner I've ever used.  It would be great to have a function to 
> turn
> on all the banks at once and then you could turn off the ones you don't
> want.  Or maybe, let's say you want to listen to only bank 1, then by
> pressing "1" for three seconds, while in scan mode, would turn off all the
> other banks except bank 1.  There is a work around for the PRO-96 though 
> by
> using the virtual memory you can program one of the vm's with all the 
> banks
> off except for one.  Then when you want to start from a new reference 
> point
> just re-load the vm.
>
> I have never figured out the problem of jumping directly to a talk-group.
> Several people have told me how, but it doesn't work for me.  I think this
> problem could be overcome if I ever find a experienced Pro-96 user who can
> look over my shoulder while I go through the motions.
>
> 73, Ken -N5SWR
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New to the list.
>
>
> How easy is the scanner itself to use?
>