Pro-97 - Newbie needs help

[BaLa]

They've got a MOT Type 2 System.

So it's easy to setup and listen to.

 

[sfleuriet]

They've got a MOT Type 2 System.

So it's easy to setup and listen to.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. What has that system?

 

[sfleuriet]

Is this cable not compatible with the Pro-97?

http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...gkw=scanner+cable&support=support&tab=summary

 

[BaLa]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. What has that system?

I guess you have not found the DB yet?
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=77

 

[sfleuriet]

Yes yes I've seen that. I get what you were saying now - thanks.

 

[DaveIN]

Is this cable not compatible with the Pro-97?

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?parentPage=search&summary=summary&cp=&productId=2131064&accessories=accessories&kw=scanner+cable&techSpecs=techSpecs&currentTab=custRatings&custRatings=custRatings&sr=1&features=features&origkw=scanner+cable&support=support&tab=summary

No, it does not inclued the Pro-97 (Cat No. 20-527).

 

[br0adband]

I'd contact that seller above (the Pacific Coast Parts) and ask about the shipping. I did include that little tidbit (the entire original post from the Pro-97 group was in italics) about even though their shipping calculator says more, they realistically had only been charging $3 to ship those two tiny knobs. Can't hurt to send 'em an email and ask, right?

 

[sfleuriet]

I will call them tomorrow and ask.

 

[sfleuriet]

Just talked to customer service there, and he said the minimum shipping cost is $7.50. That is still outrageous... according to him, I have to put "Attention Jill" in the special notes box to get the shipping cost down to $7.50.

 

[sfleuriet]

Would it be a good idea to go ahead and put all my frequencies into Win-97 ahead of time?

 

[BaLa]

Would it be a good idea to go ahead and put all my frequencies into Win-97 ahead of time?

wont hurt

Might Consider if you don't want to purchase Win97..that that will of course activate the Trial Period before you get your scanner.

 

[sfleuriet]

Okay I'm doing that now. I bought the premium subscription, and I THINK I'm loading them into Win97 correctly... I guess I will find out tomorrow!

 

[sfleuriet]

Somebody who knows about programming Win97... I THINK I have it done right.. could I email my .p97 file to somebody to look over? That would be a ton of help. Thanks

 

[n2mdk]

Somebody who knows about programming Win97... I THINK I have it done right.. could I email my .p97 file to somebody to look over? That would be a ton of help. Thanks

Just zip it and post it here if you can't make a zip file simply rename it xxx.p97.zip

 

[sfleuriet]

Here we go..

 

[n2mdk]

From what I see it looks fine, the only thing that might cause a problem is the priority being on so it will check that frequency every few seconds and may interrupt. It's not supposed to while trunking but that's not always the case.

 

[sfleuriet]

Okay - I just put that in there to try it out. I'll take it off if it doesnt work. I originally threw all the freq's in banks 2-9 into ONE bank, and had to separate them all.

Thanks for checking.

Listening to the JFK airport Tower now through the internet... pretty cool

 

[n2mdk]

You could put all the conventional together, but it's easier to control things in different banks.
JFK should be interesting spent a lot of time there in my youth, with a camera and a tunable airband radio. There was generally someone out on the observation deck or tower with a fairly good radio was well. One thing I remember was up in the observation area of the tower there was always someone with a handheld radio watching the parking lots.

 

[sfleuriet]

Yeah it was neat listening, but a lot of them talked way too fast for me.

Does the screen on the scanner display the Bank name AND Alpha Tag?

 

[BaLa]

Yeah it was neat listening, but a lot of them talked way too fast for me.

Does the screen on the scanner display the Bank name AND Alpha Tag?

When it's stopped on a chan it will display.

xyy
x = Bank
y = Channel