Possible to manually reband a PRO-164?

[E-542]

I got a 164 that needs to be rebanded, can't find anyone locally who can, and I sure as heck can't justify 39.99 for a piece of wire, PLUS like around 20 for the dang software which I'll use once in a blue moon. Is there a way to manually reband the scanner? Pressing F+Trunk button, then F+3 I can select ''MULTI-TABLE' for 800MHz Motorola ch plan. Then after doing that, rpessing F+2 gets me Three ranges to set, all of them being:
Custom range x/3
Base: 406.00000
Offset: 380
Step: 25.00 KHz



Is there a way to set that up to be a 'rebanded' system for Cabarrus county?

[N1BHH]

You really should get the cable and the software, makes for quick and easy changes. But when you program a rebanded system you need to find out what table fits the system.

Easier to Read Pro-164/163 PSR300/C/400/C Scanner Manual

Determining Base/Step/Offset for VHF/UHF Motorola Systems - The RadioReference Wiki

The only magazine devoted ENTIRELY to scanning

I'm sure someone in your area can help you, you might want to ask in your state forum.

[E-542]

Oh I see, that's for a UHF system, bah... Well I really just cannot afford to buy that cable, not justified for hte price, nor is it feasible when I may be looking at a new HF rig or a expensive repair to one.

[N1BHH]

Originally Posted by E-542

Oh I see, that's for a UHF system, bah... Well I really just cannot afford to buy that cable, not justified for hte price, nor is it feasible when I may be looking at a new HF rig or a expensive repair to one.

You've got me wondering, did you look through all 3 of those links? You should probably find someone in your area to help you.

[E-542]

I did, yeah. I can't set the base freq. and such on the scanner to an 800 range, that thing I mentioned earlier is for the UHF trunking systems only between 400 and 500 mhz. Yeah, guess I'll have to find someone then.

[DickH]

Originally Posted by E-542

... Is there a way to manually reband the scanner? ...

No. You have to use a program and a cable.

[gmclam]

Originally Posted by E-542

I got a 164 that needs to be rebanded, can't find anyone locally who can, and I sure as heck can't justify 39.99 for a piece of wire, PLUS like around 20 for the dang software which I'll use once in a blue moon. Is there a way to manually reband the scanner? Pressing F+Trunk button, then F+3 I can select ''MULTI-TABLE' for 800MHz Motorola ch plan. Then after doing that, rpessing F+2 gets me Three ranges to set, all of them being:
Custom range x/3
Base: 406.00000
Offset: 380
Step: 25.00 KHz

The commands you quoted are used to setup 800MHz trunking, and you need to setup 400MHz UHF trunking. This issue is a pet peeve of mine as well, as the firmware author should have included the ability to edit these settings w/o requiring software.

The USB cable is more than just wire because of the USB to COM converter chip/etc included. If your computer has an old-fashioned COM port, you can use the older COM version cable which can be found used much cheaper. Since there are 3 programs you can use to do the programming, and each comes with a 30 day free trial, you have "free" options there to do the update yourself.

I can't imagine there is not someone in your area who could do this for you however. If you can't find them on this site, perhaps another such as CL.