Colin, have you been able to manually program a PSR500? You have
much more knowledge or patience than I do. Jim WA6EKS
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:13:10 -0600
>Subject: Re: accessible scanners
>that is a pretty subjective question...
>It really depends on how familiar you are with programming logic,
and how
>trunked systems are programmed, or if you use radio reference and
that sort
>of thing.
>These days, using radio reference to program your scanner makes
them nearly
>plug and play devices...but for those of us who have used
scanners for many
>years had to deal with manual programming on radios that didn't
offer any
>sort of real accessible feedback...but were also all programmable
via the
>keypad...so as long as you can work out a key chart for a
particular
>scanner, most of them are usable, though not to the point where
you can
>always be sure of a particular state, IE, which banks or groups
are turned
>on or off at any given point etc, or what the display shows and
so on.
>Anyway, out of the box, with a little learning, you should be
fine.
>The manuals are online and the best way to learn any new piece of
gear is
>through trial and error...you really can't screw anything up
beyond what a
>reset can fix.
>I usually learn the programming by entering a system in a few
times and
>resetting so I can get the hang of it before entering a whole
bunch of
>systems and frequencies in, just to find out after that I did
something
>wrong.
>Plugging into radio reference will program the scanner for you
and set
>everything up in a nice easy to use manner...but I believe there
is a
>fee...but it works well if you travel or go between counties or
cities where
>there are allot of systems.
>Upgrade to the psr800 and you get an SD card that you can load
all your
>systems on to, and record scanner audio as well.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
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>From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:20 PM
>To: <[log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: accessible scanners
>> How easy is it to program out of the box?--Matt, N1IBB.
>> At 05:23 PM 8/14/2014, you wrote:
>>>I highly recommend the PSR-500...on tests with very high end test
>>>equipment
>>>the GRE PSR-500 has measurably better receiver sensativity.
>>>The audio is excellent as well and very easy to hear even in
noisy
>>>environments.
>>>73
>>>Colin, V A6BKX
>>>--------------------------------------------------
>>>From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]
>>>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:43 PM
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: accessible scanners
>>>> Which one would you guys recommend: the bcd396, or this
one?--Matt,
>>>> N1IBB.
>>>> At 02:33 PM 8/14/2014, you wrote:
>>>>>Russ, It's a handheld scanner. Jim WA6EKS
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>Date sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:37:24 -0700
>>>>>>Subject: Re: accessible scanners
>>>>>> Is the psr500 a base or handheld scanner?
>>>>>>On 8/14/2014 8:27 AM, Ron Miller wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi ,
>>>>>>> Yes it does decode P25.
>>>>>>> Also, Jim, I am most definitely not saying that we should
>>>>>discourage Whistle=
>>>>>>> r from designing accessibility features into their scanner
>>>>>receivers. Quite t=
>>>>>>> he contrary, I am all for it. In fact, I had begun a dialog
>>>>>with the folks a=
>>>>>>> t GRE America on this very subject.
>>>>>>> The intent of my post was simply to respond to a previous
>>>>>message about Whis=
>>>>>>> tler's current scanner line and to say that I'm successfully
>>>>>using the PSR-5=
>>>>>>> 00 along with PSREdit and the Whistler version of this scanner
>>>>>should be equ=
>>>>>>> ally usable.
>>>>>>> BTW, Russ, if we can work out a time, I would be glad to chat
>>>>>with you about=
>>>>>>> how I use PSREdit.
>>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>> Ron Miller
>>>>>>> N6MSA
>>>>>>> Ron Miller
>>>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>> =20
>>>>>>>> Does the psr500 do p25?
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