Gre Psr 295 Software Applications
Two ways of scanning one is a band scan, the other is inputting individual frequencies. First make sure the attenuator is not on.As this will stop you hearing most stations.
I think the point that John is making with the pricing of this scanner is that it fits a certain part of the enthusiast market for anyone wishing for a simple to use, yet fully featured scanner, based on the 'old school' method of operation. The new Uniden 3500XLT is a superb piece of gear and is what I consider to be a fully software defined radio in that it's fully menu driven and takes a totally new concept in memory storage. Whilst this is great for some people others prefer the traditional memory channels and banks.
I do think that this scanner has some competition around the?140 area as you say so it all boils down to which one suits the operator the best. I must also say that I'm not too keen on the styling, it's very 1990's but hey, that might appeal to some people too. Thanks for the comments. I appreciate them.
I may be 'old school' in that what I enjoy is the KISS principle of radio operating! Out of the box, batteries in, go.
This scanner does all that and, listening to it last night in bed (well, I'm an anorak!), I was able to come out of air band and 'go local'. Usual stuff - taxis, buses, one ham - but enjoyable for that. On my lap, simple to change bands and fine tune, auto steps - what more could ask for? I have owned and used, over the years, a lot of kit. On HF I have had the Yaesu FRG 7700, a Sony ICF-Pro80, a Sangean ATS-803A and a Realistic DX 394. All good HF sets - but the best one fior me was always the Sony. It was easy to operate, handheld (so portable), rugged enough to take a fair bit of bashing and would acept any type of antenna: long wire or telescopic whip and you did not need to be a genius to get some serious DX out of it!
You can still purchase it privately here and there but it was never 'sold' like, for example, the FRG 7700 which was a lovely set but fiddly! AOR AR 1500, the base AR 2001, Yupiteru VT-225 and my current two - the GRE PSR's 295 and 282. The AR 1500 was trhe original housebrick in size and the PSSR 295 resembles it so it is very 'retro' in that respect. Of all the scanners I have owned, the best one I ever had was the Yupiteru VT-225 - sensitive, good scan features and excellent audio. Also, as I used to review scanners and antenna's for 'SWM' when I was there, I have a fairly good idea of what's what - and simplicity wins every time. Yes, that is an issue - but I still maintain that I'd rather buy, battery and go than spend a week or so trying to work out what is what!
'Belt and braces'! Whether it will prove to be a good seller remains to be seen.
It has got some excellent points and it does fit that niche between first timer and old hand - first timer for simplicity and old hand because at this stage of life I want something that does what it says on the tin! Horses for courses, I guess!
Regards, John. Thats my kind of radio. I have owned a Realistic version of that for well over 10 years & still use it on a daily basis. Personally I like banks & channels. And because it is such a simple principal, I can programme it any where. Switch banks on & off as required & even allow my daughters (aged 7 & 9) to use it because it is switch on & listen. My wife runs the clubs 'Lady's net' on 2 meters & the girls like to listen, so having a couple of scanners they can use is handy.
I have been thinking for some time that it's retirement time for the old Realistic & the PSR-295 has been on a shortlist of one as a replacement. It's just that I have been spending so much on Amateur & I was not sure if it would be as good as the old Realistic.
So thanks for the review John.I'm going to have to spend some money.Sorry more money. I looked at one of the PSR's at a new Craplin store the other week & decided not to buy it, despite it being on sale at half price as it did not have a band scan facility. Something I use a lot. As I often spend time listening to specific bands at various times of day. Does the 295 have this? As I cannot see any mention of it. Sarah, I certainly have the same problem with my PSR295 as well.
I haven't tried scanning either the correct nor GRE's version of the PMR 'band'. Mine is also a Maplin bought item.
I wonder if they have found (and corrected) the problem and how many units have been distributed? On a more general note, with this being my first scanner I have been very impressed, I initially replaced the supplied aerial with a ten section telescopic and now have two home built dipoles (for middle of 2 metres and about 40cm). I hang whichever area I want to listen to on the guttering outside and have found both these aerials give improvements across the board over the telescopic.
Both CB, 10/6 metre ham bands, air and military air and 850mHz TV all 'seem really improved' which is not really a very professional measure of improvement. One thing that gets me a bit about this scanner is no method I have found yet of programming with a PC. It has a PC/IF socket that takes a 3.5mm mono plug and I can read the memory into PC OK (so at least I can save my channels) although this is pretty useless as I haven't yet got the data back down again! The better weather has recently curtailed my investigation into loading the data. Keygen.
The data (or at least some of it) is also encoded in someway (mime possibly). Regards, Greymalkin.
It's sold in the UK by GRE but has no relationship to the Pro-95, or any GRE scanner sold in the US. As I said, it has CTCSS and milair, something the Pro-95 didn't have, and the form factor is that of a much newer radio. As Don has indicated, he apparently agrees that the guts don't match a Pro-95 either. I'm curious why you even want this radio. At current exchange rates, it would cost over $270 exclusive of handling and shipping. The Pro-97 and PSR-300 are much more capable radios and can be had for much less than that. Jakemcgraw 11:26 AM.
Gre Psr 295 Scanner
It's sold in the UK by GRE but has no relationship to the Pro-95, or any GRE scanner sold in the US. As I said, it has CTCSS and milair, something the Pro-95 didn't have, and the form factor is that of a much newer radio.
As Don has indicated, he apparently agrees that the guts don't match a Pro-95 either. I'm curious why you even want this radio. At current exchange rates, it would cost over $270 exclusive of handling and shipping. The Pro-97 and PSR-300 are much more capable radios and can be had for much less than that.
I don't need trunking, and liked the features of the PSR-295, I have the PRO-95 also.But I did get a deal i figured on the Psr-295, brand new, with shipping $124.00 total.I'm pretty good at hand programming, I was just curious about the software..Les. All times are GMT -5. The time now is 3:29 PM.