Pro-96: RS PRO-96 question

[danesgs]

After reading many of the various blurbs on this and other sites and the manual. My question is the Pro-96 which I assume was a GRE scanner made for radio shack. All I am trying to do is input manually the TG's for the Loudoun County PD,fire and sheriff's department. I do this and hear nothing. Am guessing I have to manually set the mode to MO for Motorola? I had a PRO-96 a year or so ago and a cable and it was real easy but currently am too poor to buy another cable and this radio was given to me as I sold the other one.

IT picks up analog signals fine, so what am I doing wrong?

KJ4DGE

 

[ka3jjz]

If this is the system you are trying to hear...

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=6524

This is entirely a Phase 2 system which the 96 won't handle. See the 'T' in the mode column for the talkgroups?

Mike

 

[hardsuit]

danesgs - your Pro-96 scanner is P25 phase 1, in Loudin Co they are now using P25 Phase II, a Newer digital mode. many services are also using NXDN and DMR and other Digital modes as well. I recommend keeping the pro-96 as a Emergency radio for AM, FM Air and Marine band as well as listening to Weather and NEWS reporters. still a great scanner. but, I have a pro-668 and it has a SD card with a built in Database, no Manual programming. I can store 40,000 frequencies or more. I recommend you look at the Whistler TRX-1 its a Modern Digital scanner.

 

[danesgs]

Guess that explains it

Thanks. Also have a beta PSR-900 and a PSR-800. One of those hopefully will hear the T mode phase 2. Think I read both do phase 2, could be wrong. Will check here.

 

[danesgs]

PRO-96

Thanks to all the folks setting me straight. I managed to upgrade the PSR-800 to phase 2 and can now listen to those services I coundn't before. Guessing I will have to do the same to the PSR-900 as well if thats possible. I think a lot of folks around this county are going DMR as well as NXDN but do not have the cash to send off the radios for the upgrade. Thanks again.

 

[Swipesy]

Thanks. Also have a beta PSR-900 and a PSR-800. One of those hopefully will hear the T mode phase 2. Think I read both do phase 2, could be wrong. Will check here.

The PSR-900 sas never released by GRE into the public domain. So if you have one it had to belong to one of the GRE Beta Testers. You won;t find much if any support on these forums for it.

On the other hand your PSR-800 is a very serviceable radio. For $60.00 you can send it to Whistler to be upgraded to a Whistler 1080 which will get you DMR on that radio.

 

[danesgs]

PSR-900

Yes that's true of the PSR-900, I pretty much do not expect support for it. It works just fine on p25 1 and 2. Don't need DMR or NXDN yet on the 800 so am happy with what I can hear. Thanks

 

[Syncopations]

I have a Pro 96 related question. I paid for the software from Starrsoft and have yet to receive my key. Is the owner still selling it or did I just donate $20?

 

[Ubbe]

Isn't he at the moment fully occupied with the TRX-100 and TRX-200 release? You probably have to wait a while until he manage to catch up with his other parts of the company.