SOFA_KING
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FREE VHF & UHF G BAND SEARCH FILES for GRE PSR-600/500 & PRO197/106
This is a Win 500 file. The VHF file has been uploaded here as a "txt" file (UHF still in the works). Once you download it, change the file extension to "p500". PM me if that doesn't work and I'll e-mail it to you.
EDIT: ZIP version on second post.
Now that I have tried just about everything with my GRE PRO197, I am very impressed with the feature set and sound quality of this scanner. I am big into searching the "G Bands". I love to bag new frequencies and tag them for my master list, which is very populated! I have been doing this for nearly 35 years, but things are changing in "G Band" land, and it is time to jump on major system changes as agencies upgrade their systems and move to P25 digital. The tools are here thanks to GRE and there is no better time to start searching then when new systems are in buildout and testing phase. Let the games begin!
I tried the standard band limit search methods and found a nice surprise when the new GRE was able to check any mode or decode any CTCSS, DCS, or NAC code in a flash. VERY NICE! And the code displayed for the whole time the scanner was on scan hold after the transmission ended. SUPER! Only one drawback to this search method...carrier squelch mode (CSQ). At times that is just fine, like when you are in a rural area with no noise generating sources around, but if you are in town (or worse yet a city) you get hung up on noise. Yes you could "lockout" the noisy freqs, but what if they are freqs of interest? You pass them by...not good!
Years ago I came up with a better search method that I called "fill the blanks". I would create scanner programming to scan every possible G Band channel and just keep locking them out as I identified hits. I would then update my "all channel" database which included the old designation tables found in the back of Police Call to aid in identification. (the name of my database is UXX for this reason) Eventually I was looking at a database loaded with valid info and some unknowns or non-important stuff. If I only scanned the "empties", then I would maximize my chances of getting rare simplex channels...and many I got! As the scan list got smaller and smaller, the speed increased and my odds improved. The method works!
So I created some V Folder Files for my new GRE PRO197 to do "all channel" G Band VHF and UHF searching with the mode set to P25 NAC SEARCH since that is what I'm interested in discovering these days. I can still do limit searching for CTCSS/DCS stuff (most of which I have a complete list of anyway), but I now want only legitimate hits showing up on my search logs, and not noise or worse yet an all day hangups. I set some scanner options to work well at alerting and giving you time to press hold or write things down. I also set the log options in Win500. Here is a list of features programmed:
- Files start with a clean slate...wide open for first time use
- One file for VHF and one file for UHF (had to...not enough memory to do both at the same time)
- All possible frequencies programmed for scan searching (you won't miss a thing!)
- No false hits as the scanner will only stop on a legit P25 signal
- Mode set to search and display NAC codes
- Short alert chirp set to get your attention on a hit
- Scan delay set to 10 seconds to give you some time to pause or write down information
- Each 1 MHz section of the band is put in its own scan list to allow concentrated searching in certain areas
- Total VHF band search takes at least 26 seconds to complete a cycle. (aprox 2 seconds per 1 MHz section)
- 12 scan lists for VHF band leaving 8 open lists (plus favorite and SW lists) to move identified channels to
- Known non-G freqs locked out to increase search speed (can be re-enabled if desired)
- Alpha tags programmed to show progress of band scanning
It took me a long time to type all of the channels out! I had to do it, but now you don't have to!
If the file(s) do not translate, PM me for the files with your e-mail address and I'll send them to you. I have only completed VHF so far. I'm working on the UHF version now. If you know of a good host site, hook me up!
Enjoy!
Phil
[Mod Edit: download files here: http://forums.radioreference.com/fe...-gre-psr-600-500-pro197-106-a.html#post987526 ]
This is a Win 500 file. The VHF file has been uploaded here as a "txt" file (UHF still in the works). Once you download it, change the file extension to "p500". PM me if that doesn't work and I'll e-mail it to you.
EDIT: ZIP version on second post.
Now that I have tried just about everything with my GRE PRO197, I am very impressed with the feature set and sound quality of this scanner. I am big into searching the "G Bands". I love to bag new frequencies and tag them for my master list, which is very populated! I have been doing this for nearly 35 years, but things are changing in "G Band" land, and it is time to jump on major system changes as agencies upgrade their systems and move to P25 digital. The tools are here thanks to GRE and there is no better time to start searching then when new systems are in buildout and testing phase. Let the games begin!
I tried the standard band limit search methods and found a nice surprise when the new GRE was able to check any mode or decode any CTCSS, DCS, or NAC code in a flash. VERY NICE! And the code displayed for the whole time the scanner was on scan hold after the transmission ended. SUPER! Only one drawback to this search method...carrier squelch mode (CSQ). At times that is just fine, like when you are in a rural area with no noise generating sources around, but if you are in town (or worse yet a city) you get hung up on noise. Yes you could "lockout" the noisy freqs, but what if they are freqs of interest? You pass them by...not good!
Years ago I came up with a better search method that I called "fill the blanks". I would create scanner programming to scan every possible G Band channel and just keep locking them out as I identified hits. I would then update my "all channel" database which included the old designation tables found in the back of Police Call to aid in identification. (the name of my database is UXX for this reason) Eventually I was looking at a database loaded with valid info and some unknowns or non-important stuff. If I only scanned the "empties", then I would maximize my chances of getting rare simplex channels...and many I got! As the scan list got smaller and smaller, the speed increased and my odds improved. The method works!
So I created some V Folder Files for my new GRE PRO197 to do "all channel" G Band VHF and UHF searching with the mode set to P25 NAC SEARCH since that is what I'm interested in discovering these days. I can still do limit searching for CTCSS/DCS stuff (most of which I have a complete list of anyway), but I now want only legitimate hits showing up on my search logs, and not noise or worse yet an all day hangups. I set some scanner options to work well at alerting and giving you time to press hold or write things down. I also set the log options in Win500. Here is a list of features programmed:
- Files start with a clean slate...wide open for first time use
- One file for VHF and one file for UHF (had to...not enough memory to do both at the same time)
- All possible frequencies programmed for scan searching (you won't miss a thing!)
- No false hits as the scanner will only stop on a legit P25 signal
- Mode set to search and display NAC codes
- Short alert chirp set to get your attention on a hit
- Scan delay set to 10 seconds to give you some time to pause or write down information
- Each 1 MHz section of the band is put in its own scan list to allow concentrated searching in certain areas
- Total VHF band search takes at least 26 seconds to complete a cycle. (aprox 2 seconds per 1 MHz section)
- 12 scan lists for VHF band leaving 8 open lists (plus favorite and SW lists) to move identified channels to
- Known non-G freqs locked out to increase search speed (can be re-enabled if desired)
- Alpha tags programmed to show progress of band scanning
It took me a long time to type all of the channels out! I had to do it, but now you don't have to!
If the file(s) do not translate, PM me for the files with your e-mail address and I'll send them to you. I have only completed VHF so far. I'm working on the UHF version now. If you know of a good host site, hook me up!
Enjoy!
Phil
[Mod Edit: download files here: http://forums.radioreference.com/fe...-gre-psr-600-500-pro197-106-a.html#post987526 ]
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