I compared this unit to the other scanners, I just mention the Motorola units to show the possibility, calm down. I tested on VHF and UHF, I do not have any 800mhz equipment nor a license for that band. Perhaps new at their inflated prices to government and business they cost $3,500+, but only one of mine has cost over $500 on the used market. But this is besides the point.
Yep, USED Motorola a fair comparison. As far as inflated business or government pricing goes, try to purchase one as a private citizen brand new and see what inflated really means. But if you want to be fair then I guess the price would be more like $17,000. You'd have to purchase a VHF, UHF, 800MHz and 900MHz unit as well as each model again in EDACS, APCO-25, LTR and Motorola VHF, UHF, 800 and 900MHZ models, Oh yea do the same for EDACS and LTR. But this is besides your point, which is?
And you have missed my point entirely. I do NOT want to program in every talk group in the system, I want to be able to logically group and subgroup the channels/talkgroups. I want to be able to enable/disable cities and their individual departments (police/fire/ems/other) with as few keystrokes as possible. I do not want half-ass work arounds, the equipment should be built and engineered properly in the first place. In regard to the vfolders, once again I should not have to choose between listening to one county or another in a vfolder, perhaps I want to listen to both! what a concept.. The vfolders are useful for traveling to distant areas, but shouldn't have to be used in normal day to day use.
The V-Folders work great for day to day use. You just need to understand them and how to use them. But that's besides the point.
And 640K was 'a ton of memory' to some people also.. 1600-1800 objects is paltry..
I guess I'll have to see that OTHER scanner that has more then 1,800 objects. Oh am I bad this is the ONLY scanner that uses objects. I guess we missed the point here.
I am not 'bashing' anything nor looking for applause, I am expressing my opinions regarding a product I purchased, in an effort to improve future designs. I admit there are quite a few things that are vastly improved, especially for a GRE unit, and it was nice to see them issue quick firmware updates after the release.
Not bashing please read you not bashing comment above. (especially for a GRE unit) nLooks like bashing, sounds like bashing, smells like bashing. I guess your point isn't clear.
You're concern is touching, and in fact this was almost $50 more than any of my xts3k's have run.
Again a used radio that covers a very small portion of what the PSR-500 does. Again we miss the point.
Sounds like you're pretty happy with your single band Motorola so that is super. Motorola makes great radio's. By the way try purchasing a Motorola and entering several thousand talk groups, better yet try scanning even 100 at once. Just a thought.
Able, absolutely, willing? not a chance in hell. But I am glad to hear that it solved problems you were having with missing calls. I am not against this scanner, I just had expected a larger step forward. Regarding a 'real' radio, you simply add or remove that channel from the scan list with which ever button you have programmed for that option. I have a bunch of Spectras that are sitting here with op-select scan lists also, hold the scan button, scroll through and select pri or non-priority on the scan list. You are limited however by the bounds of the zone, usually 16.
