Pro-97 & rebanding?

[crazyboy]

Sorry if this has been discussed already..

But, how will rebanding effect the pro-97? Will it be able to be upgraded/flashed or will it need to just be reprogrammed?

 

[crazyboy]

Also does anyone use these batteries anf if so how long can i expect them to last?

http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...me=CTLG_009_012_000_000&product_id=23-038

 

[kikito]

Sorry if this has been discussed already..

But, how will rebanding effect the pro-97? Will it be able to be upgraded/flashed or will it need to just be reprogrammed?

Not according to Don Starr and comments made on the following thread:

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=23701

Nope. The control channel will deliver a "channel number". The PRO-93, 95, and 97 will take that number, perform some math based on internal, hard-coded, not-modifiable parameters, and come up with a voice frequency. The frequency will be wrong, because the aforementioned "parameters" are based on the current bandplan. When the bandplan changes, the parameters need to change. Currently, the only GRE-made, RadioShack-sold scanner that will allow you to do this for 800 MHz systems is the PRO-96/2096.

 

[safetyobc]

There is a post somewhere on rr that someone had sent GRE an email asking them about rebanding. According to the post GRE said that the 96, 2096, and 97 would be okay after rebanding??????

I just can't remember where the post was....I'll keep looking....

 

[scannerfreak]

There is a post somewhere on rr that someone had sent GRE an email asking them about rebanding. According to the post GRE said that the 96, 2096, and 97 would be okay after rebanding??????

I just can't remember where the post was....I'll keep looking....

Right above the post you just made in the rebanding thread

 

[safetyobc]

thanks sfreak, if it was a snake, I would have gotten bit! :lol:

Haven't gone through all 7 pages so if this is duplicated, please ignore:

From the Indiana Scanning Yahoo Group:

I emailed RS to ask them about the rebanding. Here are the emails
that I got back. I don't know if it will help anybody, but here it
is!!!!

Thank you for the e-mail,

Unfortunately, the Pro-95 will not be able to be rebanded. The Pro-
96,
97 and 2096 will.

To better assist you with future questions, please respond to this
original email with the REPLY option.

Thank you,
Lori
RadioShack Product Support Center
LN/kk

http://www.radioshack.com

Here is another email from Radio Shack

The PRO-96 and PRO-2096 includes a
"custom table" range configuration that allows up to six table
configurations to be defined for both Motorola and P25 trunked radio
systems. A custom table range configuration consists of a base
frequency

(i.e., "Base = Channel 1"), a step size for the range (i.e., "Channel
N
= Base + N * Step") and an offset value (i.e., "Offset the channel
number by this value").

In the current Motorola channel plan for the 800 MHz band, there are
four or five range definitions that allow Motorola radios to access
every frequency in the 800 MHz band. We know what these ranges are,
and
have hard coded them into the PRO-96 and PRO-2096, so the radios
behave
exactly like Motorola radios when trunking the 800 MHz band.

In testing the six custom ranges, we were able to successfully
trunktrack the 800 MHz Motorola systems by turning the custom range
feature on and hand programming the 4 or 5 ranges that Motorola uses
to
define the 800 MHz band.

So...

Once the new Motorola bandplan for the reconfigured 800 MHz band is
known, it should be a very simple matter indeed to come up with the
correct base, step and offset values to make the PRO-96 and PRO-2096
track the 800 MHz band correctly on systems that have been rebanded.
With the exception of the actual channel tables themselves. We are
aware

of what Motorola plans to do with the their 800 MHz channel mapping,
and

are very confident that the PRO-96 and the PRO-2096 will be able
handle
800 MHz rebanding just fine.

To better assist you with future questions, please respond to this
original email with the REPLY option.

Thank you,
Lori
RadioShack Product Support Center
LN/kk

According to this, only 3 RS scanners will be able to be re-banded...

 

[scannerfreak]

Lets carry this thread over to the rebanding thread...