I am looking at getting a new scanner either another bcd396t or psr-500. I had a 396 and sold it due to the "machine gunning" issues, I very rarely used the Fire Tone Out, but I did like the size of it and it was fairly easy for me to understand. I am currently using a bc296d, and it works fine i just hate that it takes a battery pack. I have never used a GRE product, and I was just wondering if the decoding would be better, and how easy it would be to program as well as easy to use. I listen to mainly all trunked systems, such as Greensboro, High Point, Winston Salem, Kernersville, and Thomasville, in North Carolina. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.