GRE CES New Product Announcements

[safetyobc]

@Landman - You won't enter new tower sites on the scanner. The scanner depends on the accuracy of the RR.com DB. So if a new tower site is needed to be entered, you would have to submit it to the DB and when they update the library, it should be on there.

 

[torontokris]

I disagree.. lithium packs would be nice and small (compared to 2x AA), but then we are back to the carrying around spare battery packs (like in the Pro-90 250D days).. and trying to find replacement packs when they wear out..
rather then just having AA batteries that can be bought anywhere


Also lithium batterys may not be allowed on airplanes or to be shipped cross border (depending on the airline and the person inspecting since everybody has their own rules / application of the law it seems)

What would be a nice addition......Lithium Ion batteries in these scanners!!!!

 

[icom1020]

You can go into the iscan program and edit the Trunked System site info by freq. No need to wait for an update. You can also edit default, splinter or custom table.

 

[DonS]

I asked about this a little further, and it was my interpretation that both the firmware/software as well as programming information was all contained on the card. It was mentioned that if you took the card out the scanner would not be able to do anything since all of the functionality is on the card. Based on what I know about the PRO-107, the SD card is updated when connected to the computer using the included iScan software. We may need to see if somebody knows a little further regarding the specifics in this case, it may just be the programming information on the card.

There is no "code" (i.e. software or firmware) on the SD Card.

The SD Card contains only "data": the RadioReference database (USA portion) in the "DB" directory, and the user's programming (including whatever he's imported from the DB) in the "CDAT" directory.

If you take the SD Card out of the scanner, it is true that the scanner will "not be able to do anything"... because all of the required data is on the card. I suppose it could've been designed such that it would still be able to run the Weather and various Search modes - but that's not really the intended functionality.

 

[jpryor]

Thanks Don.

And I did notice GRE has their press release up on their site:

GRE America, Inc. - Powered By Kayako SupportSuite

 

[scannersnstuff]

i scoured these threads 3 time's. am i mistaken or didn't someone publish the fcc result's of the testing of the psr-700 ?.

 

[DaveIN]

No, there was only a mock-up on display at the show. No final PSR700 will be available until around June. It is similar to the RadioShack Pro-107 however.

 

[scannersnstuff]

thank's. i knew it will not be available to june or so. i still could have sworn i saw the fcc testing result's on here somewhere. cannot find any mention on the web.

 

[DaveIN]

Since the PSR700 will use the same receiver and not have a change to the existing band plan or include P25 decoding, GRE may already be covered for FCC type acceptance with the Pro-107.
http://tinyurl.com/y95dmom

 

[Hooligan]

GRE has an exhibit at this week's IWCE in Vegas, and I spoke with one of the GRE guys there for a while. About the3 only new (to me, at least) announcement was that GRE is now partnering up with Alinco, and Alinco had a booth right next to GRE. I didn't pursue this, as Alinco fails to interest/excite me.

GRE did have all their scanner products on display & in operation. They're starting to seriously work on the successors to the PSR-500/600, so if anyone has some good suggestions, now's the time to pass them to GRE for consideration.

I was told there will be a minor firmware update for the 500/600 released soon.

 

[woodpecker]

GRE has an exhibit at this week's IWCE in Vegas, and I spoke with one of the GRE guys there for a while. About the3 only new (to me, at least) announcement was that GRE is now partnering up with Alinco, and Alinco had a booth right next to GRE. I didn't pursue this, as Alinco fails to interest/excite me.

GRE did have all their scanner products on display & in operation. They're starting to seriously work on the successors to the PSR-500/600, so if anyone has some good suggestions, now's the time to pass them to GRE for consideration.

I was told there will be a minor firmware update for the 500/600 released soon.

In the UK we are still waiting for an MTP1327 trunking scanner, we've been waiting for years yet no one has implemented it, for a scanner manufacturer I would think an open system like this would be easy to add and the system is in widespread use across the UK/Europe and Australia and even a few networks in the US.

It seems to me handheld scanners are barely progressing, I would have expected a handheld scanner to have FFT search like AORs SR2000/A by now and look more like a PDA or cell phone (colour touch screen etc), ideally with dual receivers so you can listen and FFT search at the same time, I know markets are down but I am not going to keep buying the same old kit with a bit more memory in a different case with minor tweaks but I will pay for progress and would be happy to pay a premium for it.

 

[rdale]

In the UK we are still waiting for an MTP1327 trunking scanner, we've been waiting for years yet no one has implemented it, for a scanner manufacturer I would think an open system like this would be easy to add and the system is in widespread use across the UK/Europe and Australia and even a few networks in the US.

Demand is nowhere near enough. You could combine the scanner sales from every country in the world, and it still wouldn't approach that of the US.

(colour touch screen etc)

For a scanner? Why? Maybe something in your house, but that's not cheap. Realize the an iPhone costs several hundred dollars, and that is with hundreds of thousands in existence. To do that on a scanner would likely add $200-400 or more. For what?

but I will pay for progress and would be happy to pay a premium for it.

New memory means? Fire toneout search? Multi-channel P25 reception? Were those around 10 (or even 5) years ago?

 

[pogbobo]

GRE has an exhibit at this week's IWCE in Vegas, and I spoke with one of the GRE guys there for a while. About the3 only new (to me, at least) announcement was that GRE is now partnering up with Alinco, and Alinco had a booth right next to GRE. I didn't pursue this, as Alinco fails to interest/excite me.

GRE did have all their scanner products on display & in operation. They're starting to seriously work on the successors to the PSR-500/600, so if anyone has some good suggestions, now's the time to pass them to GRE for consideration.

I was told there will be a minor firmware update for the 500/600 released soon.

I don't want to push this thread in "that" direction, so don't take my comments and run with them

that being said, what, what, what, will it take or what do I have to do, to convince them to make a scanner that I don't have to nurse and coddle like a newborn hemophiliac baby for fear of scratches and cracks and the like ... and don't tell me its a cost thing b/c I'll call shenanigans in a heart beat rofl

oh, and multi-site edacs like the bct15, I shouldnt have to program 3x 50 talk groups when they could be shared by a tsys object


reminder, dont let this turn into a I want I want I want thread :twisted: just ignore my hypocritical comments above

 

[Hooligan]

I do tend to wonder how many of us post share our scanner rants here, but are too lazy to actually pass them directly to the radio manufacturers for consideration.

 

[rdale]

Both scanner makers are very active in RR and follow these threads closely.

 

[fourthhorseman]

I don't want to push this thread in "that" direction, so don't take my comments and run with them

that being said, what, what, what, will it take or what do I have to do, to convince them to make a scanner that I don't have to nurse and coddle like a newborn hemophiliac baby for fear of scratches and cracks and the like ... and don't tell me its a cost thing b/c I'll call shenanigans in a heart beat rofl

oh, and multi-site edacs like the bct15, I shouldnt have to program 3x 50 talk groups when they could be shared by a tsys object


reminder, dont let this turn into a I want I want I want thread :twisted: just ignore my hypocritical comments above

hell yeh,
ive been wet dreaming over maybe a -Rugged-model,a variant say of a plastic cased one,,
(hmmm,,PRO106-Bullettproof Edition!)
or manufacture,either OEM or aftermarket to come up with some molds for protectors like
we see Everywhere for cell phones..

then again,,making your radios more durble will lead to a reduction in your profits in the service-repair-parts division..

 

[RadioDaze]

I'd like to see a scanner that has the feature set of the Uniden and GRE models, but is built as sturdy as a Yaesu HT.

 

[topcop1833]

$0.02

"drop in" style charger, while we're add it

 

[N8IAA]

I second RadioDaze and topcop1833.
Larry

 

[n4jri]

I'd like to see P25 simplex TG's, MotoTRBO, P25 phase II TDMA. This could be as much a pipe dream as Pro-Voice, but there I've said it.

Personally, I wouldn't want it to get too automatic like the iScanner or PSR700, but I would definitely like to have it accommodate an SD or SDHC chip. The option of using the RR database would be nice, but I have a whole lot more than 20 V-scanner files of my own that I'd like to have access to without firing up a laptop. MEMORY is the thing.

73/Allen (N4JRI)