Pro-106

[markbart]

Finally finished programing 3 Pro-106's for my local paper.Nice radios but are kind of hard to program by hand as the paper had no accesories so had to cobble togeather a power suply.Anyway they sounded good and had good reception.Now I know what i've been missing for the last 4 yrs.LOL

Mark

 

[al95]

Its hard programming them by hand but you learn how to do ith without any help of software. Using the software you can program them within minutes.

 

[reconrider8]

not to hijack this post but whats some good software for the 106 im going to grab one for black friday and want to go ahead and start working on a setup

 

[kayi4cle]

I hope you didn't program them each separately by hand because you only need to program 1 and then you can clone it to the others. You can also clone the 106 and 197 to each other.

 

[al95]

not to hijack this post but whats some good software for the 106 im going to grab one for black friday and want to go ahead and start working on a setup

You can try Arc-500, Win-500, and the PSRedit500 for 30 days then you decide which one you like the most. All members have different views of the programs so just try all three for a month. Congrats for the new radio your getting. You also need the programming cable sold seperately.

 

[markbart]

I hope you didn't program them each separately by hand because you only need to program 1 and then you can clone it to the others. You can also clone the 106 and 197 to each other.

I did no software or cables.

Mark

 

[OsloViking1975]

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not to hijack this post but whats some good software for the 106 im going to grab one for black friday and want to go ahead and start working on a setup

Win500 seems to be one of the most popular ones from what I see people say on here.

 

[N8DRC]

not to hijack this post but whats some good software for the 106 im going to grab one for black friday and want to go ahead and start working on a setup

Try PSREdit or WIN500 for free for 30 days, both are great programs and both have excellent customer support..

 

[lurch89]

I got a 106 yesterday as well. I also got 50% off the cable because I bought it with the scanner (it was a surprise when I got to the register). I've been using PSRedit500 and have been enjoying it. I didn't like the ARC software on first glance, and haven't tried Win-500 yet.

 

[pjcronen]

radio shack scanner question

I am going to purchase a new radio shack scanner. I have no experience with programming.
Is this going to be easy or hard..?
what will I need..
Do I need to subscribe here to the advanced subscription?
any advice is appreciated..

pat

 

[SCPD]

I am going to purchase a new radio shack scanner. I have no experience with programming.
Is this going to be easy or hard..?
what will I need..
Do I need to subscribe here to the advanced subscription?
any advice is appreciated..

pat

programming by hand is easy. save your money, no need to buy anything.

 

[Wahoos4Life]

programming by hand is easy. save your money, no need to buy anything.

It may be easy, but it is much much much quicker to do with software.

 

[Wahoos4Life]

I am going to purchase a new radio shack scanner. I have no experience with programming.
Is this going to be easy or hard..?
what will I need..
Do I need to subscribe here to the advanced subscription?
any advice is appreciated..

pat

I have a Premium subscription to here when I need it,

and purchased arc500 software to download the freq into my 106. I hadent the slightest clue about digital scanners when i got the 106 but with that software, the right usb cable and subscription to this site , programing was a breeze.

 

[K4IHS]

Get the software...

Win500: PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control or

Butel Software

then the cable...

RadioShack® USB-PC Interface Cable for GRE Scanner - RadioShack.com

Next become a paid member of RadioReference.com - Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Start the software... connect to RR and download the file(s) for the area(s) you want...

Download it into the scanner and you're good to go. It doesn't get much easier!