GRE PSR-800 Post Release Thread
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Attempted to use the import feature on the 800 to import the taglkgroups for Indiana SAFE-T today. Forget that idea, use the included software to do the work for you. It will literally take hours to accomplish import all the SAFE-T TGID's using the radio import function.
I second the suggestion to send to GRE support using the link DaveIN posted, just in case - but looking at the TGs in that trunk system on RR, I think they have to be re-entered with the dashes in them. I can't say for sure, but I would suspect that that's causing some grief.
It's a DB issue. Not a scanner or GRE issue so there is no need to submit a ticket. Those talkgroups are not entered into the DB correctly. I'll get someone to fix it ASAP. Thanks 
Thanks!
Brian, K6SCC
Campbell, CA
Brian, K6SCC
Campbell, CA
RR Ticket # is 113913.
Brian
Brian
Jake68111
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So how does this radio handle the Motorola Shuffled Band Plan (the only one I know is the county I live in..... Grundy Co, IL.)? Any issues after selecting this system to a scanlist or is there additional information the user would need to plug into the scanner via the software (custom tables, ect.)?
neilbell
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Comparison with PSR-500?
Has anyone with a new 800 done direct comparison with the PSR-500 ? Especially regarding intermod or PL tones and general sensitivity.
Neil Bell
Has anyone with a new 800 done direct comparison with the PSR-500 ? Especially regarding intermod or PL tones and general sensitivity.
Neil Bell
fmon
Silent Key Jan. 14, 2012
This is custom tables used by PSR-800 for Grundy County. User can change as needed.
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Silent Key Jan. 14, 2012
Currently scanning Conv with CT tones on both scanners. Doesn't appear to be intermod on either.
PHOENIX_SCANNER
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OK. I want to love this thing because I love scanners, and gadgets. So please help me overcome a few issues if you are a big fan of the 800....
It looks like there is no squelch knob. Doesn't that kind of stink for people who do a lot of conventional monitoring like milair?
Overall I hear there is no real improvement in simulcast reception over the 500 / 106. Is this the consensus?
I am trying to get over the fact that I can't just push a button to scan favorites...can't just hit a button and a few keys and tune a frequency... Does one get use to the alternative to these things with this unit?
In terms of sheer audio output, how does it compare to the 500 / 106?
Has anyone done any concrete tests, with a 500 / 106 side by side with the 800 to compare sensitivity on VHF - High?
It looks like there is no squelch knob. Doesn't that kind of stink for people who do a lot of conventional monitoring like milair?
Overall I hear there is no real improvement in simulcast reception over the 500 / 106. Is this the consensus?
I am trying to get over the fact that I can't just push a button to scan favorites...can't just hit a button and a few keys and tune a frequency... Does one get use to the alternative to these things with this unit?
In terms of sheer audio output, how does it compare to the 500 / 106?
Has anyone done any concrete tests, with a 500 / 106 side by side with the 800 to compare sensitivity on VHF - High?
The knob on the top is the squelch knob.
The P25 simulcast decoding is better than the 500 but still not 100% perfect. I had given up on listening to my local simulcast system while in the car with the 500, but I find with the PSR-800 and the stock antenna it does better. So, I'm back to taking my scanner in the car to listen again.
I had reservstions about the lack of keys on the keypad also, but it's not that bad once you get used to it.
Audio output is better than the PSR-500.
The P25 simulcast decoding is better than the 500 but still not 100% perfect. I had given up on listening to my local simulcast system while in the car with the 500, but I find with the PSR-800 and the stock antenna it does better. So, I'm back to taking my scanner in the car to listen again.
I had reservstions about the lack of keys on the keypad also, but it's not that bad once you get used to it.
Audio output is better than the PSR-500.
I agree 100%.
Interesting. The use of the stock antenna suggests to me that your simulcast situation is better using attenuation. Perhaps too much signal causes overload and distortion on the 500, and that the 800 may have a better decode on a simulcast system.
IowaGuy1603
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I have a simulcast system 40 miles away.......................I can not pick up the system until I am actually within a few miles of the county....................then as I drive I often need to take the outside antenna off and use the ducky (PSR 800)
It works pretty good when in the center area of the county. As I leave the city.......I can put the outside antenna back on and be fine until I get a few miles out of the county-----then it goes to crap
A friend uses a Uniden and a 800mHz yagi to monitor one particular tower on that system from 20 miles away with some success but when mobile uses a paper clip as an antenna to keep other signals from distorting.
It works pretty good when in the center area of the county. As I leave the city.......I can put the outside antenna back on and be fine until I get a few miles out of the county-----then it goes to crap
A friend uses a Uniden and a 800mHz yagi to monitor one particular tower on that system from 20 miles away with some success but when mobile uses a paper clip as an antenna to keep other signals from distorting.
PHOENIX_SCANNER
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Bought One - Initial Review
Well I took the plunge, largely because I always hated the 20 scan list limitation of my previous GRE scanners, and I liked that I could go anywhere and have what I need already in the unit.
First off, the programming software is a bit odd, and not up to the level of third part applications I'm used to, but since I'm stuck with it, so that's just a mention there.
First the good. Audio output is great! Finally, a portable scanner you can use on the freeway, in your car. How that tiny speaker does it, I do not know, or care. It's obviously louder than other GRE / Uniden portable scanners, and to me that alone is huge.
The display is a mixed bag. Awful without back light, awesome with it. The adjustable level is good for night time use with the wife sleeping next to you, a big plus. Clarity is excellent, the best yet.
This thing seems to eat batteries more than the 106 did.
The menu takes getting used to, but works as it needs to.
As for simulcast performance, it seems to do better than the others as long as it gets a good strong signal from at least one tower that is close. The default decode threshold seems to keep it from even stopping on a system if it isn't strong, though I plan on playing with that in the coming days. A distant system that my 106 gets (with the cut-outs) doesn't register on the 800, probably due to decode threshold settings. But once you are within range, it seems to sort things out a bit better than the 106.
UHF reception is about the same, and I haven't tested VHF High enough yet to say. With the stubby antenna, this unit is clearly geared towards 700/800 mhz use, so that will be interesting to see.
So far, so good, and it seems to be worth the money and the time it takes to learn.
More testing details to follow.
Well I took the plunge, largely because I always hated the 20 scan list limitation of my previous GRE scanners, and I liked that I could go anywhere and have what I need already in the unit.
First off, the programming software is a bit odd, and not up to the level of third part applications I'm used to, but since I'm stuck with it, so that's just a mention there.
First the good. Audio output is great! Finally, a portable scanner you can use on the freeway, in your car. How that tiny speaker does it, I do not know, or care. It's obviously louder than other GRE / Uniden portable scanners, and to me that alone is huge.
The display is a mixed bag. Awful without back light, awesome with it. The adjustable level is good for night time use with the wife sleeping next to you, a big plus. Clarity is excellent, the best yet.
This thing seems to eat batteries more than the 106 did.
The menu takes getting used to, but works as it needs to.
As for simulcast performance, it seems to do better than the others as long as it gets a good strong signal from at least one tower that is close. The default decode threshold seems to keep it from even stopping on a system if it isn't strong, though I plan on playing with that in the coming days. A distant system that my 106 gets (with the cut-outs) doesn't register on the 800, probably due to decode threshold settings. But once you are within range, it seems to sort things out a bit better than the 106.
UHF reception is about the same, and I haven't tested VHF High enough yet to say. With the stubby antenna, this unit is clearly geared towards 700/800 mhz use, so that will be interesting to see.
So far, so good, and it seems to be worth the money and the time it takes to learn.
More testing details to follow.
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IowaGuy1603
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You know you can play with those threshold settings.........................
I haven't figured it out yet, but there is some tweaks you can make
PHOENIX_SCANNER
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I played with it some today. Lowering the threshold does indeed allow reception of more distant sites...
I was able to pull in sites so distant that the people sounded more like robots than anything else...but it brought them in....that was at about 80 as a low threshold.
One of them is our county sheriffs office, which the 106 would never pull in while inside my office, though I suppose I could have played with those threshold settings also.
The 800 appears to have fairly high settings from the factory so a bit of tweaking might be in order for those of you on the fringes of a coverage area.
neilbell
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Multiple Scan sets
I am reading the manual and trying the software. Obviously you can have more than on scanlist being active at the same time. So, my question is can you have more than one SCANSET, each with several scan lists, active at the same time?
Neil Bell
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I am reading the manual and trying the software. Obviously you can have more than on scanlist being active at the same time. So, my question is can you have more than one SCANSET, each with several scan lists, active at the same time?
Neil Bell
KJ6FBA
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