Hi all. I live in the east SF bay area and now just about all the public safety is on the EBRCS so my Pro-92 and other old scanners can't handle it. I would like to purchase a Pro-106 but Radio Shack doesn't appear to sell them anymore? Why? Does that mean a new model is due soon? I did some Google searching but I'm not coming up with anything to indicate that. Why is the 106 not produced anymore?
Pro-106 what's next?
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GRE, the manufacturer of the scanners RadioShack marketed, has been purchased by Whistler (Whistler Group | High Performance Radar Detectors and Electronics) as announced in this thread:
http://forums.radioreference.com/gr...d-have-been-purchased.html?highlight=Whistler
As a result, GRE scanners are not currently being manufactured, the PRO-106 and -197 included. As far as I am aware, there is no word yet on an expected date for Whistler production to begin, although we can hope for some products to appear in early 2014.
ScannerMaster (Scanner Master - Police Scanners by Uniden Bearcat, AOR and Radio Shack.) appears to have a few -106's and -107's in stock, usually they are out of stock.
That being said, RadioShack tends to sell exorbitantly-priced scanners, often $20 over other vendors, ScannerMaster included.
Hope that helps.
--Karl
http://forums.radioreference.com/gr...d-have-been-purchased.html?highlight=Whistler
As a result, GRE scanners are not currently being manufactured, the PRO-106 and -197 included. As far as I am aware, there is no word yet on an expected date for Whistler production to begin, although we can hope for some products to appear in early 2014.
ScannerMaster (Scanner Master - Police Scanners by Uniden Bearcat, AOR and Radio Shack.) appears to have a few -106's and -107's in stock, usually they are out of stock.
That being said, RadioShack tends to sell exorbitantly-priced scanners, often $20 over other vendors, ScannerMaster included.
Hope that helps.
--Karl
The Pro-106 was made by GRE and they have been out of business for over a year now. For the EBRCS you can use either the Uniden BCD396XT handheld, or the BCD996XT base/mobile. Both are P25 Phase I capable.
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Also may want to see this Whistler Group Acquires GRE’s Assets to Manufacture Radio Shack Scanner Product Line | SCMA
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I would buy the Pro-106. It is a very good scanner, I use it myself. You can get them at a decent price these days too.
I would buy the Pro-106. It is a very good scanner, I use it myself. You can get them at a decent price these days too.
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