Radio Shack Pro 92 & Nashville Area - Compatible?

[nickbearden]

Hello,

I am new to this, and recently got a Radio Shack Pro 92 Trunking scanner. I am getting a little lost in the sauce as to whether this police scanner is even programable and compatible with any systems in the greater nashville area, from a Trunking perspective. I don't have a need or desire to listen to anything that isn't trunking, aka Air / Ham / that kind of stuff. Only trying to determine if this trunking scanner is compatible with the trunking systems around Nashville.

Second question, is there such a thing as sending these to folks on the forum & paying a fee to have them programmed? Apparently a Pro 92 is a pain in the rear to program without software. Which is fine, but I only have a mac, and the software to program them, to the best of my knowledge, leans Windows.

Thank you!

 

[hill]

Not capable of received public safety in that area without doing P25. It a very old scanner and not up to todays radio systems.

Much of it encrypted anyway even Fire. Anything DE in the database linked below is full time encrypted and anything De is part time encrypted.

Middle Tennessee Regional Trunked Radio System Trunking System, Multiple, Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Regional Trunked Radio System Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[jblackst]

I have two Pro-92s, and while they were fine scanners in their day (like the early 2000s) they are definitely not up to date for scanning modern P25 trunked systems. And you're correct, they are a PITA to program without software (which I don't have). They are still fine for any conventional stuff though.

 

[FFPM571]

Most everything public safety in The Metro Nashville area is 7/800 P25 P2 and or Encrypted. Wilson Co is P25 VHF Sumner is P25 UHF soon to be Encrypted full time

 

[slatescan]

There is a lot going E here but there is still a lot to listen to Hams , Skywarn ., aircraft I am not giving up my scanner. i know there is so much more then PS to listen to.

 

[tvengr]

still a lot to listen to Hams , Skywarn ., aircraft

Here are the ATC frequencies for Nashville International Airport: You will not be able to enter the UHF frequencies with the PRO-92.

118.600	Nash Tower VHF
257.800	Nash Tower UHF
121.900	Nash Ground VHF
348.600	Nash Ground UHF
126.050	Nash Clear Deliv
122.950	Nash Unicom
135.100	Nash ATIS
118.400	Nash App/Dep VHF
119.350	Nash App/Dep VHF
360.700	Nash App/Dep UHF
372.000	Nash App/Dep UHF
121.500	Aero Emerg VHF
243.000	Aero Emerg UHF

 

[motohead10]

Most everything public safety in The Metro Nashville area is 7/800 P25 P2 and or Encrypted. Wilson Co is P25 VHF Sumner is P25 UHF soon to be Encrypted full time

Based on some HAM folks I know that live in and around Sumner, there's going to be a nonstop uproar if they encrypt their main channels, apparently to a point where protests will evolve. There's still a large scanner community in Sumner county from what I gather. I live in Putnam just south of Cookeville and CPD just decided to go fully encrypted for whatever reason, several people here aren't happy about it.

 

[19-685]

Pro-92 was a fine scanner in its day... PL/DPL decoding. Motorola, EDACS and LTR decoding.

WIN-92 programming software is free... perhaps could run the MAC in Windows emulation mode????

Here's the link to WIN-92 software

PRO-92 Software - Win92 - Data Management for the RadioShack PRO-92/2067 Trunking Scanner

Win92 - Windows-based data management for the Pro-92/2067 trunking scanner

www.starrsoft.com