In article Cf44e.3249$ZV5.240@fed1read05, says...
What does GRS mean??? I guess Radio Shack scanners are better quality as
well!!



"BDK" wrote in message
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Radio shack suxs! and NO! sensitivity issues



I do minor repairs on scanners all the time, and the number of Uniden
made radios with any of the defects listed below is at least 3 to 1 over
the amount of GRE radios with problems. This applies to Uniden made
radios that RS sells too...

Speaker jack (The plug where the speaker wires connect to the PC board)
not soldered at all. (Uniden only)
Speaker jack soldered on one lead only. (both VERY RARE)
Speaker wires not soldered. (Uniden only)
Antenna lead badly soldered, or not soldered at all. (Both)
BNC connector not tightened correctly (90% Uniden)
Epoxy on CPU was still wet when radio was assembled, speaker leads are
embedded in it, and have to be dug out or redone completely. (Uniden
only)


I just did another one, a Pro-94, bought as "no audio" at a garage sale.
The speaker jack was not soldered on one side and the speaker wires had
to be dug out of the epoxy. I charged him 30 bucks, so for $55 total, he
got a fully functioning Pro94.


Not a great radio, but for that price, I'd take it..but a Pro 93 or 95
blows it away...

BDK




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

BDK

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

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