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>and observations.....
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\n>I just bought the 20-283... 800 mhz antenna from RS for my Pro97...
\n>it has increased it's capability in receiving the 800 transmissions
\n>for my home county PD... heck I got to monitor a chase that went from
\n>Marietta s/b on I-75 to e/b on I-285 into Fulton and Dekalb
\n>Co.s...then n/b on I-85 into Gwinnett Co... where the Perp crashed
\n>near Indian Trail....a good 30+/- miles from my home.... couldn't
\n>pickup the portable traffic but did hear everything from the vehicle
\n>radios, etc.... decent chase, brought back many memories.....
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\n>My first question is.... can you get a second Yellow Rechargeable
\n>Battery Holder ? .... my rechargeables last about a day & a
\n>half...during constant monitoring....less time when I use the
\n>backlight.... I've looked around the 'new' RS site and couldn't find
\n>an answer.... maybe GRE has an answer...but I'm sure someone on this
\n>forum has addressed this before..... I hope.
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\n>After using Win97 to program.... I've attempted to monitor my county
\n>PD, plus at least 4 municipalities near me in the south end of the
\n>county.... I attempted to assign the checks to monitor those agencies
\n>but I'm only able to monitor the 2 larger cities and not the other
\n>two.... but since the entire county is pretty active, I can't believe
\n>I can't pickup the smaller cities PDs.... and I live closer to them
\n>than the 2 larger.... How can I program to monitor those two??? I
\n>realize that is a pretty broad question and maybe unanswerable unless
\n>you were actually sitting down with me and plugging in the right
\n>selections/numbers etc..... Note: the entire county & municipals are
\n>on the same trunked Mot II system.......
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\n>I've ordered the Kenwood knobs to help my fat fingers to be able to
\n>twist the volume and sqealch (sp?) independently.... but the Calif
\n>company says they are now on back-order...maybe too many forum
\n>members ordering them ????? The price was right for the knobs...but
\n>the shipping & handling is a killer....
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\n>Maybe someone knowledgeable can put together a file for download in
\n>this forum to tell 'noobies' how to program their brandi-new 97...how
\n>to access RadioRef...& Starrsoft.com etc..... & cityfreq.com,
\n>etc.... to keep our stupid questions down to a minimum..... just a
\n>thought to help out....
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\n>Thnx for listening to my rambling.... please answer the ???s... I am
\n>curious....
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\n>Stephen B
\n>Marietta, Georgia
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