TRX-1: V-Scanner vs. Scanset

[BlueMoon2]

For those of you that program and work with your whistler/radioshack scanners more than I do, what do you usually do use V-Scanner lists or Scanset lists more for different localities that you go into? Reasons for one or the other?

I use Unidens a lot and they have favorites lists which I compare to ScanSets. But, I love the audio quality from Whistler scanners and am thinking about switching over.

 

[ecarvalho]

V-scan is virtual scan and I believe you can compare it to having different profiles as where each v-scan has different scanlists. This is what I remember while working on my TRX-2.

It has been awhile and I don’t use v-scan so, I could be wrong.


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[KB7MIB]

I have a PSR-500, which has the V-Scanners and scanlists. I don't know if scanlists and scansets are the same thing, however.

Anyways, scanlists are for individual agencies, or in some cases, a group of agencies (usually closely geographically located). I'd like to seperate each agency to its own scanlist, but 20 scanlists aren't sufficient for the metro area, so I have to group a few agencies together. I still don't have enough room for everything. (I program by hand, which makes it somewhat tedious. If I had a computer and appropriate software, I'd redo them again, and maybe seperate the metro area into two seperate V-scanners, one for the West Valley where 99% of my time is spent, and a second for the East Valley that I venture to only rarely. State and county agencies would be duplicated in both, as would the Phoenix Regional Fire Dispatch system and other region wide systems. However, 20 scanlists still wouldn't be enough to properly seperate everything, so some grouping would still need to be done.)

V-Scanners are for different areas of the state, or if I want to break down a particular system by transmitter location or simulcast system. For example, using the Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) and TOPAZ RWC in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area, one of my V-Scanners is set up with Simulcast A in scanlist 1, Simulcast B in scanlist 2, etc. Then I set a wildcard to catch the TG's associated with each simulcast or stand-alone Intellirepeater site. As a new TG pops up, I press F3 to enter it, then if it's encrypted, I lock it out. Other V-Scanners have the AZWINS system or the Maricopa County system in them, again with wildcards. Another has a mix of systems with wildcards, as well as conventional stuff of interest in various scanlists. I have a couple of travel V-Scanners if I take a day road trip out of town.

John
Peoria, AZ

 

[BrianG61UK]

I've never found any good use for V-Scanners. Scansets with scanlists are so much more versatile.

 

[JD21960]

Whistler/EZScan - V-Scanner Folders vs ScanSETS

I use V-Scanner Folders by COUNTY far more than my 2 Scan-SETS. Rather do that than have everything under the sun on one giant list. I DO like the Whistler voice quality too, (when-IF it does come in for P25 Simulcast)

 

[Wackyracer]

Use Vscanner when you have to have a different set of scanner settings for another area. Say you live on the east coast but are going to the west coast the 2 cities use different systems that require you to change setting like DSP, thresholds, and more.

 

[TailGator911]

I've never found any good use for V-Scanners. Scansets with scanlists are so much more versatile.

Agree 100%. I travel quite a bit and used to program V-Scans for my areas, but I later found ScanSets easier to navigate while on the go. Think of them as customized locality profiles that you can configure for each location, then you can just switch them off and on accordingly. I have them programmed for Nashville, Austin, LA, New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans etc and I find that it is more efficient for me with the TRX-1.

JD
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[hardsuit]

BlueMoon2 - Scanlists or Playlists (Whistler) are used for General scanning of Known Frequencies in a Database like ( Radio Reference ) , this is where Most of your Scanning should happen.
this is Where you should program by Zip, State, County or City.
V-Scanner - AKA search banks , are best used for Discovering new frequencies in a range , say the HAM band, V- Scanner is also useful for Discovering Hidden transmitter or MIC. as you are performing a Narrowband Search. I use Search to discover BABY Monitors, Intercoms, Wireless Doorbells, Wireless MIC used for Media and Entertainment, Cordless Phones, and many more possibilities.

 

[rayvelcoro]

John (KB7MIB): did you mean to say that you do not have a computer? The scanning hobby is greatly enhanced by internet research, finding accessories online, map study, etc. How do you get by? Smartphone?

Ray

 

[KB7MIB]

Yes, I have a smartphone, so I have access to these forums and the DB of course, but I don't have a working computer (desk or laptop) with which to run software to program my PSR-500, so that is done by hand.

Edit: I've been told that Frys Electronics here as ~$100 wifi-enabled laptops that I could download the appropriate software to, and use it to program my PSR-500,, but I haven't yet looked into that possibility. Depending on my personal finances, maybe I can gift myself one for Christmas. That remains to be seen however, as money is tight right now.

John
Peoria, AZ

 

[hardsuit]

KB7MIB - you can try ZIP scanners they Might be able to program your SD card for a fee.
but Check with them first.

 

[Swipesy]

KB7MIB - you can try ZIP scanners they Might be able to program your SD card for a fee.
but Check with them first.

The PSR-500 does not use SDCards. You either have to program by hand through keypad, clone via usb cable with another radio or program through a PC.