Pro-106 or the BCD396xt?

[mroneeyedboh]

Thanks. but it looks like Im screwed with the GRE.. I have a tower .27m from me.. The star is me..

I found a website that lists all registered and unregistered towers. adn well there are more closer..

 

[ka3jjz]

Another point here - there's no freeware to work with the PRO/GRE radios - there is for the Unidens.

Also keep in mind that the PSR radios includes the USB cable in the package - the RS scanners require you to make a separate purchase

best regards..Mike

 

[mroneeyedboh]

Thanks. I found one on line that someone might let me have for 350 with the ARC500 software. So that is covered. .. Im guesssing you are leaning towards the Uniden? Especially since you are in my area?

 

[ka3jjz]

With the ARC500 software, that's a good deal.

If you go that way, keep this link handy...

GRE/RS Object Oriented Scanners FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki

In the software article, there's a link for the ARC500 User Guide - you can read that now and see if the software will fit your needs...keep in mind that all links are in blue

best regards..Mike

 

[mroneeyedboh]

Thanks for the link.

Whoa that filter issue sounds like its not worth it.. If the GRE is that bad, then Id be SOL. I dont have any way to handle them etc, so I have to use the user reviews to make my decision. I dont want to get my first digital scanner and have it suck because of the frontend issues.

 

[W6KRU]

Thanks for the link.

Whoa that filter issue sounds like its not worth it.. If the GRE is that bad, then Id be SOL. I dont have any way to handle them etc, so I have to use the user reviews to make my decision. I dont want to get my first digital scanner and have it suck because of the frontend issues.

I used your link and my closest tower is a couple of miles away and it doesn't cause me a problem with a gain antenna outside . I think the people that complain about GRE and cell sites are talking about driving by one where they are within blocks of the site.

 

[mroneeyedboh]

like i said i have one a quarter mile from me.

And Ddan try this one

AntennaSearch - Search for Cell Towers, Cell Reception, Hidden Antennas and more.

it shoes registered and unregistered ones

 

[W6KRU]

like i said i have one a quarter mile from me.

And Ddan try this one

AntennaSearch - Search for Cell Towers, Cell Reception, Hidden Antennas and more.

it shoes registered and unregistered ones

There are a few antennas local to me. Here are the close ones:

Pagemart Ii Inc 200 feet .35 miles
Ams Spectrum Holdings, Llc 200 feet .34 miles
Pagemart Ii Inc 200 feet .35 miles
Metrocall Usa, Inc. NA .34 miles
Metrocall Usa, Inc. NA .34 miles
Ams Spectrum Holdings, Llc 200 feet .34 miles
Tsr Wireless Llc NA .34 miles
Map Paging Co Inc NA .34 miles
Map Paging Co Inc NA .34 miles
Usa Mobility Wireless, Inc. 200 feet .35 miles
Ams Spectrum Holdings, Llc NA .34 miles
Sprint Communications Company Lp 226 feet .34 miles
Clearwire Spectrum Holdings Iii, Llc 185 feet .36 miles
Signal One Paging, Inc. NA .34 miles
Verizon Wireless (vaw) Llc 182 feet .35 miles
Verizon Wireless (vaw) Llc NA .34 miles
Verizon Wireless (vaw) Llc 196 feet .34 miles
Ams Spectrum Holdings, Llc 185 feet .35 miles
Arch Wireless License Co., Llc 197 feet .34 miles
Ams Spectrum Holdings, Llc 200 feet .34 miles
Skytel Spectrum Llc NA .34 miles
Satellite Paging, Inc 200 feet .34 miles

 

[mroneeyedboh]

/\ and you dont have many issues with your GRE? I just dont want to be stuck with a scanner that is getting all kinds of sensitivity issues. but I'd also like to get a scanner that will perform its best for me.

 

[fmon]

Yeah I think Im leaning towards the GRE

I just wnat to make sure Im not that close to any cell towers, as they suffer from the sensitivity issue.

according to this site

Cell Phone Towers - CellReception.com

I have a tower 2.5 miles away... Does that seem acceptable?

But now I see one possibly 1.8 miles away
Now these are driving directions. Im not sure how to find true distance.

I have one @ 1/2 mile south and another @ 1/2 mile north. Neither bother me even when driving by them. I have 6 GRE made digital scanners.

 

[mroneeyedboh]

Thats assuring. Thanks.

 

[W6KRU]

/\ and you dont have many issues with your GRE? I just dont want to be stuck with a scanner that is getting all kinds of sensitivity issues. but I'd also like to get a scanner that will perform its best for me.

No, I don't have any issues and I am using a gain antenna mounted outside to hear 800MHz from the entire county.

 

[tekshogun]

Being a quarter mile from the base of a tower in which the antenna is also at least 100+ feet in the air will not desense your scanner, that distance is fine.

if you were standing right under the tower, in the room with the actual transmitter, or worse right next to the actual TX antenna, then any radio will get desensed and with enough power, burned out

 

[W6KRU]

Being a quarter mile from the base of a tower in which the antenna is also at least 100+ feet in the air will not desense your scanner, that distance is fine.

if you were standing right under the tower, in the room with the actual transmitter, or worse right next to the actual TX antenna, then any radio will get desensed and with enough power, burned out

Exactly. I think some of of the comments about the GREs sensitivity is heresy and exaggeration. That's JMO though.

 

[mroneeyedboh]

Thanks guys. I went with the GRE for 350 with the software.

 

[tekshogun]

excellent choice, I hope it works well for you...

 

[W6KRU]

Thanks guys. I went with the GRE for 350 with the software.

I think you'll be pleased. Have fun.

 

[mroneeyedboh]

ThankS. Now onto programming it... now that's going to be impossible.

 

[mandlair]

Great choice Mike

 

[W6KRU]

ThankS. Now onto programming it... now that's going to be impossible.

Down load the software and get started. You should be done by the time the scanner arrives and you can just hookup the scanner, do the upload, and be scanning within a few minutes of it's arrival.