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April 4th 05, 06:25 PM

In article 1lc4e.3448$ZV5.1814@fed1read05, says...

Sorry, yes GRE. So they make the scanners for Radio Shack... Radio shack
seems to be a sleeper for sure as far as popularity , at least for me. One
way I judge equipment is look on eBay to see if they are selling USED ones.
I see as many radios shack 96 for sale as I do the new Uniden hand held.
People say things like I don't use it, or to complicated but I suspect other
reasons for buying a $500 scanner and then selling it on eBay a few weeks
latter.. Your knowledge of Built Quality is very helpful! Seems that Radio
Shack has proven superior build quality in your mind!

GRS??? You mean when I said GRE, the company that makes the scanners
like the Pro 93, 95, 96 and 97??

BDK

Over 20 + years of messing with them yes, the GRE built ones, at least
the ones after the Pro 2004 of 1985 or 86 are better QC wise, it's no
contest.

Not to say GRE radios are perfect. The Unidens usually have louder, if
not better sounding audio, and for non trunked freqs, slightly simpler
(1 keypress more per freq) to program. Until recently, with the current
models, the Unidens used a crappy battery pack that was a pain to use,
and couldn't be replaced with ordinary AA batts when it died
unexpectedly. The Uniden RS models took AA batts and that was a reason
to pick an RS model over the Uniden brand. After 20 years, they finally
listened and went to normal AAs.

In most cases the GRE handhelds are better performers, RF wise, than the
Unidens. Intermod is a real problem here and my BC-9000XLT is trashed on
several channels from the police dispatch channel across the river, and
a UHF TV station causes interference in both the 460 and 800MHZ areas.
It's not horrible, but the dispatcher doesn't seem to affect my Pro 2004
and 2005, or my Pro 93 the way it does my BC-9000 or my BC3000.

I haven't had the $$ to get a 96 yet, but I have friends who have had
both it and the BC296, and only one has kept the 296. I have played with
both at the house here and the 96 is easily superior.

BDK