Pro-106 Sensitivity

[CWR]

I've read on these forums where the PSR-500 / Pro-106 had a "HOT" receiver. Well ,,,,,,,so far I've had my Pro-106 up & running for a week now , and in a side by side comparison with my Pro-96, (same antenna , same systems) I allmost think the Pro-96 is a little better in the receive dept. I'm wondering what you-all think.
Maybe I just got an unsensitive one ?

 

[airgreek]

I've read on these forums where the PSR-500 / Pro-106 had a "HOT" receiver. Well ,,,,,,,so far I've had my Pro-106 up & running for a week now , and in a side by side comparison with my Pro-96, (same antenna , same systems) I allmost think the Pro-96 is a little better in the receive dept. I'm wondering what you-all think.
Maybe I just got an unsensitive one ?

I am hearing the same thing from my friends who have both

 

[gordon115]

I have both a PSR 600 and a Pro 2096 and the 2096 definitely is better at pulling in weaker, distant signals. The 2096 is also less susceptible to intermod overload. I'm in an urban high intermod environment just outside of downtown Boston.

Gordon

 

[CWR]

I'm not in a high intermod environment , BUT , I have a police department about 20 miles to the west of me that's on a single channel 800MHz analog system. The Pro-96 with an 800MHz duck picks it up to where it's readable. With the Pro-106 and same 800MHz duck , it breaks squelch and all I get is static. I expected better.......

 

[pratzert]

Hmmm.....

I wonder if the GRE PSR-500 is the same ?

The GRE500 and Pro-106 are supposed to be "essentially" the same scanner, but I wonder if there are still some "little" differences between the two on the inside as well as the outside.

After all... the Firmware is NOT interchangable between the two... so there must be something different.

Tim

 

[kb8rvp]

I have the Pro-106 and the Psr-500 and have been using them side by side using them both with the RS 800MHz antenna and then both with the stock antenna and can't find any differences on receive between them. They are both have hot receive and perform the same across the bands. I also have a Pro-96.

What I have found is that if I go to the local school football games and sit in the stands across the street from the largest cell tower in town the Pro-96 will work without breaking up to much but the PSR-500 and the Pro-106 are quiet missing most if not all traffic on the 800MHz APCO-25 system in Michigan.

At home both work fine at home. The Pro-106 and PSR-500 never miss a beat and never go digital but the Pro-96 from time to time will go digital and miss a transmission.

I have tired every digital scanner on the market and they don't make a scanner that will work in every location for everyone with all the features. You get a Pro-2096 and the receive is great but it doesn't do 700MHz or I-Calls. I have a Uniden BCD996T that I love at my house but my friend lives three times as far from the closest tower for the state 800MHz system and he also had the Uniden BCD996t and for him the GRE worked better because it has a stronger receiver so he sold the Uniden and got the GRE PSR-600 for his location.

The RS Pro-2096 works great in the car in the city areas for me. I tried my friends GRE PSR-600 in the car and the front end was getting overloaded and I had to push the ATT button on and off to use it when passing cell towers on the highway and in the cite. But again for his location outside of town the GRE just works better.

At least RS is selling the GRE models no so you can try them and take them back in 30 days if it doesn't work out for your situation/location.

For me I am going to keep the Pro-106 and sell the PSR-500 and use the 106 at home. When I go to a high RF areas I will take my Pro-96 I am going to keep it too (you can't beat the price). I use the RS 800MHz antenna on the Pro-96 and use the stock antenna on the Pro-106 because with the hot receive it doesn't seem to need the 800MHz antenna at my location which is 5 miles from the state tower.

Good Luck to all...
Mike

 

[pratzert]

kb8rvp,

Thank you very much for the insights on the reception on each of those scanners.

It makes me think I'll go ahead and still purchase the Pro-106, since with the F&F Coupon it will end up being cheaper than the PSR-500.

I was planning to sell my Pro-96, but maybe I'll reconsider that since there "may" be times when it will actually perform better, such as when beign very close to a tower.

Decisions... decision..... if only I had enough money to buy one of each !

Thanks again, Tim

 

[kb3muz]

I have a Pro-106. It had been performing excellently until I went out with it, last week. Now, the sensitivity does not seem to be up to what it was. I did not drop it or anything, but I'm wondering if I could have somehow lowered the sensitivity. I could put it side by side with my Uniden 396 and the Uniden is picking up things the 106 was prior. I am baffled.

 

[pratzert]

I have a Pro-106. It had been performing excellently until I went out with it, last week. Now, the sensitivity does not seem to be up to what it was. I did not drop it or anything, but I'm wondering if I could have somehow lowered the sensitivity. I could put it side by side with my Uniden 396 and the Uniden is picking up things the 106 was prior. I am baffled.

is it possible that you inadvertantly hit a wrong button and changed one of the settings ?

Is the antenna still connected securely? I have heard of the BNC connector getting broken internally for some reasons.

If you are using programming software, try doing a hard factory reset on the 106 and then reloading evrything from your software package.

 

[Ensnared]

Sensitivity Rating

Since I've always heard that the Pro-106 & PSR 500 are basically the same chassis, I assumed they possessed the same sensitivity ratings for various bands. However, when I looked at the Pro-106 manual, I did not see a sensitivity measure listed. From my experience, RS has tended to be less sensitive than Uniden. But, I don't know if there is a difference in sensitivity between the 106 and 500. Good question.

 

[kb3muz]

I am still receiving transmissions on the conventional frequencies, si I think the antenna is okay. I had considered doing the hard reset and reloading the scan lists. So, that will probably be the way to go. Thank you for your response. I do appreciate it.

 

[w2xq]

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Lee, do you have the ATT on by mistake? Or transmit with an HT too close to the -106?

Worst case scenario you can try a total reset...

 

[Fallsj]

Im having pretty much the same issue with my 106. Traffic comes in strong for 3-4 sec and then just drops for a sec and then its right back on. I did a total reset back to defaults and then reloaded the Win500 file. I had two other fellas with 106s and we did a little test afterwards. Both "other" 106s were receiving the same traffic perfect and mine was still dropping in an out. We cloned mine to theirs and still had the same issue with dropping the signal . Changed rech batteries, used wall charger etc...We switched antennas from each and theirs continued to work perfect and mine continued to drop. Its not losing the entire channel though, it still has the channel on the screen with the blinking LED but the traffic becomes garbled and then silent for a split second. This happens at home and while im mobile out and about. Very frustrating. Im almost wondering if it could be an internal prob with the actual radio.

 

[kb3isq]

The PSR500 has a weather Priority setting and if it is set to ON it acts exactly as you are describing. You might want to check your setting.

 

[Fallsj]

The PSR500 has a weather Priority setting and if it is set to ON it acts exactly as you are describing. You might want to check your setting.

Son of a gun!! That fixed it. The WX was set on priority. I noticed an immediate difference when I switched it off. Thanks for the tip.

 

[kb3muz]

You called it, Tom! I had inadvertently turned the Global ATT on. I turned it off, and wa-la! The scanner sonds great again. Thanks!!