Just purchased a Radio Shack Pro 96. It is all that they say it is
and it outperforms my Bearcat BC785D in sensitivity, intermod, and
weight. I get about 10 hours of battery life using an earphone and
the fact that it can store up to 6000 fequencies is just great. The
trunking works great and about the only thing it doesn't do is scan
commercial FM and TV stations, but who buys a scanner to listen to
them. I have placed it side by side with a Motorola Astro25 HT and
other than not being able to transmit, and it has a smaller speaker I
was not able to tell the difference.

spider 911 caretaker pounded on the keyboard and wrote:

Just purchased a Radio Shack Pro 96. It is all that they say it is
and it outperforms my Bearcat BC785D in sensitivity, intermod, and
weight. I get about 10 hours of battery life using an earphone and
the fact that it can store up to 6000 fequencies is just great. The
trunking works great and about the only thing it doesn't do is scan
commercial FM and TV stations, but who buys a scanner to listen to
them. I have placed it side by side with a Motorola Astro25 HT and
other than not being able to transmit, and it has a smaller speaker I
was not able to tell the difference.

I agree with you. I have had my Pro-96 since early Dec. It is by far the
best scanner that I have ever owned.

Brian
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