I do both, there are some ar freqs that are easier to prgogram than use database (finding them in database sometimes is difficult), but systems I usually use database
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I do both, there are some ar freqs that are easier to prgogram than use database (finding them in database sometimes is difficult), but systems I usually use database
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I was thinking along those lines also. It's always possible things changed but back in June 2014, DonS posted that his personal PC at his location pulled the database from RR, and after formatting it for use with the scanners, his PC then sent it to the update server that was still being hosted by GRE at that time.
Then around a month later, he posted that the update server that GRE was hosting had been transferred over to Whistler. However, there was no mention at that time as to where the initial pull from the RR database was now going, or if it was still being pulled by his personal PC and then sent to the Whistler server. So it seems possible that DonS is / was still in the loop.
I really love these end of the world posts, Uniden had a similar problem a few months ago, Whistler has gone through it before as well, but every time we see all the end of the world posts.
If you believe this please start dumping your WS1080 and TRX scanners at really cheap prices, since they are no good any longer without a database update, that way I can get some great deals.
If you believe this please start dumping your WS1080 and TRX scanners at really cheap prices, since they are no good any longer without a database update, that way I can get some great deals.
I'm getting the same error on my TRX-1 so I guess we will wait and see what happens next. Glad I didn't spend too much time on this, however I did reformat my SD card in an effort to figure it out. 
I'm getting the same error on my TRX-1 so I guess we will wait and see what happens next. Glad I didn't spend too much time on this, however I did reformat my SD card in an effort to figure it out.
The socket error message concerns the Whistler website, NOT the scanner. Why would you reformat the SD card because of a website error?
The main thread for this discussion is at
WS1080: - Whistler weekly Database Updates
Are the Whistler database updates still being created every week? Have they been moved to someplace else? Every time I go to EZ Scan for a database update it tells me I already have the latest version. It has been 2 to 3 weeks now.
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I sent an email to Whistler that I was getting an error 400 when I tried to download the WS1095/WS1098 CPU firmware updater from their site. The problem has since been corrected. Meanwhile, Whistler continues to "socket" to us.
I refomated my SD card thinking it may have been corrupted somehow, however I also reloaded the data from the EZ Scan nothing lost. I didn't see any of the posts until afterwards. Next time I will check here first 👍😁The socket error message concerns the Whistler website, NOT the scanner. Why would you reformat the SD card because of a website error?
The main thread for this discussion is at
WS1080: - Whistler weekly Database Updates
Are the Whistler database updates still being created every week? Have they been moved to someplace else? Every time I go to EZ Scan for a database update it tells me I already have the latest version. It has been 2 to 3 weeks now.forums.radioreference.com
Glad you didn't lose anything. Just so you know, downloading the database to, or updates for, the EZScan program does not have anything to do with the SD card, it is only when you copy the database to the SD card.
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Ha.
Ha ha.
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No no, good sir, clearly you don't understand how the free-market economy works in this great nation of ours. You see, when (not if) Whistler finally goes in the box and pulls all remaining support, our 1080s and TRX-* will then be known as "collectors' items" for which no one will expect any support. We're talking the last of the finest, a true piece of history here.
$800 firm no trades don't lowball me I know what I got
I really hope this is a simple mistake that someone at Whistler made. The fact that their website is still live gives me hope!
That's somewhat of a moot point. Part of the purchase cost for the database scanners, whether Whistler or Uniden, is for access to the RadioReference database through manufacturer supplied software; Sentinel for Uniden, or EZ-Scan for Whistler or GRE designed scanners. If Whistler no longer intends to maintain that database, then a price reduction should be put in place.
Like Raleigh, I also use both methods (library import or manual entry). With EZ-Scan, when a system or channels are added via library import, EZ-Scan can check to see if what was originally imported has been changed. With the Whistler scanners, you can either create channels manually, or via library import, but you do not have the option to use third party software, such as ProScan or one of the ARC programs, to import only what you want.
In watching Whistler, since they purchased the legacy GRE intellectual property, I wondered whether they were truly commuted to the scanner market, or were simply going to ride the GRE designs until the legs fell off. I suspect that the WS10XX database scanners were derived from existing GRE designs. Whether the TRX-1/-2 were really "new", or modifications of existing designs, is open to question. We do know that Whistler announced "simulcast fighter" scanners were under development about the same time Uniden began discussing the SDS series, But months later, Whistler announced that development on those had been discontinued, since they were not working as hoped for. I have doubts that the announcement was a serious project; I doubt that Whistler ever had the on-staff intellectual horsepower to develop such a product. That's unfortunate, since we in the scanner community benefit when there is more than one active manufacturer in the product lines, each pushing the other to continue refining current models and developing new ones.
They tried to build a answer to the Uniden SDS scanners and FAILED gave up on the project.
This is just my thoughts the Whistler Website is still up and running due to they have scanners left to sell when they are gone we may see the end of the Whistler Scanners. More and more areas are going Simulcast and or Encrypted something the Whistler Scanners do not handle well without the old School smoke and mirrors tricks. Before I get bashed I still own a TRX-1 and TRX-2 and use them still today on what they work on out of the box.
This is just my thoughts the Whistler Website is still up and running due to they have scanners left to sell when they are gone we may see the end of the Whistler Scanners. More and more areas are going Simulcast and or Encrypted something the Whistler Scanners do not handle well without the old School smoke and mirrors tricks. Before I get bashed I still own a TRX-1 and TRX-2 and use them still today on what they work on out of the box.
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Buddrousa, why would you get bashed for stating what is probably 99.9% fact?
Because I have been labeled a Uniden Fan Boy
When did you get the read receipt? I thought I may try to DL the DB again just now and got the same error. The 10060 is a tineout error.
Did anyone try a traceroute or a ping on the server to see if maybe it's a technical issue, as opposed to them decommissioning the server?
Interesting that LOTW came back around the same time... 🤔
Saturday afternoon.
A phone call to Whistler offices yesterday greeted me with a recording that the office is closed for training.
Everyone, I spoke to Brian at Whistler Scanners this morning and found out what is happening, first they are very aware of the issue with the update server and hope to get it corrected in the next couple of weeks.
Whistler was in the process of moving into a new building when the a tornado a week or so ago destroyed the new building and caused significant damage to the old one. They are in the process of getting everything up and running as soon as possible, but he expressed his hopes that people understand the issues they are facing. He has said their goal is to have everything corrected in a week or two.
Whistler was in the process of moving into a new building when the a tornado a week or so ago destroyed the new building and caused significant damage to the old one. They are in the process of getting everything up and running as soon as possible, but he expressed his hopes that people understand the issues they are facing. He has said their goal is to have everything corrected in a week or two.
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