PRO-106 owners in illinois?

[gewecke]

I am 98% certain I'll be buying one of these on line,next friday. I'm interested in knowing if you love it,hate it, ready to build a shrine for it?
Issues with starcom 21,and how or where?
Thanks tons!
n9zas

 

[RoninJoliet]

The GRE500/RS106 works great on "stand alone" towers on Starcom such as in down state ILL ....But up here in the north where we have multisite-simulcast towers the Uniden models work much better for me...The GRE/RS sit there and flicker and have many dropouts ....This is my opinion with a year of use on both,,....

 

[gewecke]

Where in northern Ill. are you? I travel to lee/whiteside counties on occasion. Have you used the on board data to program starcom or did you use aftermarket software? I checked with a local shack here and they claim to have some form of software in their store computer.
I appreciate anything you can tell me about your experience with the pro-106. I'm still mulling over the purchase this payday.
Anyone else feel free to chime in also!
Thanks,
n9zas

 

[jamesa53]

I would not use Scancat or Freescan (most likely used by your RS store). Get this and your problems will be minimal if non-existent:

Win500: PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, PRO-197 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control

Best to use RR with premium subscription and import the data to Win500. The 106 is a GREAT scanner. And its currently on sale, Ive heard you can get one for about 300 online with a 45 dollar coupon.

 

[program1]

you can also use ARC 500 programing software it is excellent and easy to use

 

[cubn]

The GRE500/RS106 works great on "stand alone" towers on Starcom such as in down state ILL ....But up here in the north where we have multisite-simulcast towers the Uniden models work much better for me...The GRE/RS sit there and flicker and have many dropouts ....This is my opinion with a year of use on both,,....

I've found the same to be true comparing the Pro96 to the 396T on stand alone vs simulcast towers.