Pro 95 and Rebanding - Whats the deal?

[clifford1]

Hello everyone. New to RR. Great site.

I was very disapointed to read about the FCC 800 MHz rebanding plan, mainly because I just got a Pro-95, which is probaby the coolest scanner I have ever owned. Got a great leather case and all the accessories, pretty much figured I had bought my last portable scanner for some time (the 95 replaced a PRO 60 which I bought 10 years ago). Now WHAMMO - rebanding. I have been reading several of the different threads trying to figure out what I should do, but I can't determine exactly what is in store for me. Perhaps someone can answer these questions for me:

1. Am I completely out of luck? Will my PRO 95 be able to trunk track the rebanded systems?

2. If the radio is not capable of trunking the new systems, will RS/GRE be offering any kind of upgrade/fix?

I also feel horrible becuase I just took a buddy down to the local RS and picked one of the 95's up for him ($129.99). Now I think we'll take his back.

Can anyone put my mind at ease?

Thanks.

Chris Chamberlain
N3PVZ
Reading PA

 

[Voyager]

Hello everyone. New to RR. Great site.

I was very disapointed to read about the FCC 800 MHz rebanding plan, mainly because I just got a Pro-95, which is probaby the coolest scanner I have ever owned. Got a great leather case and all the accessories, pretty much figured I had bought my last portable scanner for some time (the 95 replaced a PRO 60 which I bought 10 years ago). Now WHAMMO - rebanding. I have been reading several of the different threads trying to figure out what I should do, but I can't determine exactly what is in store for me. Perhaps someone can answer these questions for me:

1. Am I completely out of luck? Will my PRO 95 be able to trunk track the rebanded systems?

2. If the radio is not capable of trunking the new systems, will RS/GRE be offering any kind of upgrade/fix?

I also feel horrible becuase I just took a buddy down to the local RS and picked one of the 95's up for him ($129.99). Now I think we'll take his back.

Can anyone put my mind at ease?

Thanks.

Chris Chamberlain
N3PVZ
Reading PA

1. You may get lucky if:

a) The system you want to monitor only requires ONE of the 6 tables.

b) RS or GRE comes out with an upgrade.

2. Unknown.

They MAY, but as the PRO-95 is being replaced by the PRO-97, they may not support discontinued units when rebanding becomes reality.

There also may be some systems in the 855-861 MHz segment that won't be moving. Those may still be usable with the PRO-95. But, sooner or later, they likely will have to upgrade their equipment - especially if they want to add channels.

Actually, you should be just as worried about 700 MHz. That's another band the PRO-95 doesn't cover.

Joe M.

 

[n4yek]

It was discontinued before rebanding was even anounced so don't
expect anything from Radio Shack with upgrading its firmware.
You should feel lucky considering you only gave $129 for yours, I
gave about $230 for mine less than 18 months ago before they
desided to discontinue it. It is a little disapointing that I will not be able
to use it after this all takes place to track the trunk but still will be usable
on conventional freqs. (still plenty of them around here)

Danny
N4YEK