Radioshack pro 9612/31/2023 ![]() Some keys a little hard to press (might just be my fat fingers) No I-calls on Trunking systems (not a huge issue to me) Text Tags – easy to program and are easy to read.ĭisplay is well laid out and full of information. Works like a “real” scanner, unlike some units that try to do everything and have all the features under the sun but lack the “fun” factor I can hear what I want when I want without complex programming steps.ĭisplay / keypad backlight – this works very well. Good RF performance, by this I mean I can program channels I want to listen to and hear them well with few – no problems with overload and interference. Good audio from speaker and very natural sounding.ĥ preprogrammed search ranges plus 1 custom search range. Using it for the last few days after programming it shows it seems to work very well both on the EDACS trunking and on normal vhf / uhf channels, doing some side by side testing with my 780 and my 396T shows that the scan speed is very good and that it performs as well if not better then the above units on both the EDACS system and normal vhf / uhf channels, the audio is great and has a very good sound to it, not tinny or anything like that.ġ1 V scanner folders – allows the storing of 11 configs so you can quickly change as you move to different areas, say have one for Launceston and one for Hobart. One is black and is for use with non-rechargeable cells, the other is yellow and allows you to charge NiCad or NiMH cells while in the radio, personally I am not a fan of this and I charge my batteries in a normal charger.Īs you can’t get programming software for this radio I have programmed it all by hand, I have set up a EDACS bank and about 300 normal channels, the process to do this is outlined in the manual but is not as hard as the manual makes it sound, I did all the above in less then 3 hours with adding alpha tags to some channels / talk groups. This is a must have item as this is a very complex unit to set up and use. This is a large handheld unit and is quite heavy, takes 4xAA batteries and seems to last quite a while on them. Here’s what you get with it out of the box: ![]() Most of the important bands from 25 MHz – 1300 MHz, including 70-80MHz unlike the US pro96.ġ1 V-Scanner folders – 500 channels in 10 banks per folder. I have been told the DTS-96 is now end of life with DSE so they won’t be getting any more in. Here’s my review of the DTS-96 handheld scanner, this unit is basically a clone of the pro96 from the USA but with some changes to suit the Australia market. DTS-96 Digital Trunk Tracking Handheld Scanner Review
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