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Radio Schack stores Pro-97 Purchasing saga

Flyer mentions free programming

Queens Elmhurst Jackson Heights
Rosevelt Avenue and 82 St
in stock but can not program for me
had to pass 50 feet from store anyhow

Manahattan
Herald Mall,
Herald Square
recently moved to new and bigger store in same mall.
Can not program
and have no cable
and no book
had to go by there to get something at 32 Street bargain stores

Manhattan
Grenenich Village
779 Broadway near 10 Street
store employee says
"the free progaming means we give you a number to call up and they
tell you how to program it over the phone"
Had to go by that area to go my bank anyhow

I am sure glad I did not make a special trip to those areas.

Is the program that came with last year's Scanner book from Radio
Schack good for this scanner?


I "tried" a 97 a while back. The store by me has always been "trying" to say
the least. Every time I go in there it's all new help, which says a lot. I
have a 95, works great. Decided I wanted another one in case something
happened to the 95. Bought it, brought it home, programmed it, just as the
manual says, it's almost the same as the 95. The police here are on a Mot.
Trunked system. The scanner picked up the frequencies, but it would not
"trunk", kept stopping on the control channel. I finally went up to the
store with it, none of the people there had a clue. I gave up, ordered a
246T. Then a month or so ago I wanted another one of the RS 800 MHz
antennas. I have one, it does work better here, so I put the one I had on
the 95 on the 246-T. Stopped in on my way to work to pick one up. Their web
site said they had them in stock. Again, all new employee's. Antenna's were
not where they used to be. Girl asked me what I was looking for, she had no
idea what I was talking about. She looked it up on line, then said "oh yes
we have 3 of them." Of course had no idea where they went, other 2 robots
gave her a blank stare when she asked them, she pulled out her cell phone
and called someone to ask, after listening to her try to explain to whoever
she was talking to about what she was looking for, I finally gave up. Told
her never mind, I have to go to work. I will just order one on line, which I
did. I never have trouble ordering stuff from them on line, but I can't
remember ever having a pleasant experience when I go into one of the stores.
Either can't find what I need, or can find it, then can't get a clerk to
ring it up. I often wonder how they stay in business.
As to the 97 if you want to listen to any Motorola 800 Trunked Systems you
should read up on the Re banding of the 800 frequencies. From what I have
"heard" the 97 will no longer be able to pick them up. Don't know if it's
true, but when I started reading it, I was glad I bought the Uniden.
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.