Popular Software for Radio Shack Scanners
From The RadioReference Wiki
When you are a newcomer, and want to use software to program and/or back up the contents of your scanner, the natural question is 'which is the best'? While it's always true that the 'best' software is in the eye of the user, generally speaking there are some packages that are much more popular than others.
Scancat Lite Plus has been visible for awhile now, and it's used in some RS stores to program scanners they sell. However, as documented on several occasions in the various RR forums, it's not the best choice, in most cases. This article lists the most popular packages, by scanner, in use by RR members. In general, the most popular choices tend to support connecting to the RadioReference database and downloading data directly. To enable this function you must have a premium subscription which you can read about in the link.
Those packages that have this ability are shown in bold. If no other packages exist to support this scanner, there will be no entry. Be sure to read the notes at the bottom of each section.
Radio Shack
Scanner | Software | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pro-64 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-76 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-79 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-82 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-83 | Pro83 Manager | ARC83 | Load83 | ||
Pro-84 | ARC83 | Load83 | |||
Pro-89 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-92 | Win92 | ||||
Pro-93 | Win93 | ||||
Pro-94 | |||||
Pro-95 | Win95 | ||||
Pro-96 | Win96 | ARC96 | |||
Pro-97 | ARC300 | PSREdit300 | Win97 | ||
Pro-99 | Win99 | ||||
Pro-106 | ARC500 | Win500 | PSREdit500 | ID Tracker | Scan Control |
Pro-107 | |||||
Pro-135 | ARC135 | ||||
Pro-136 | ARC135 | ||||
Pro-137 | ARC137 | ||||
Pro-160 | ARC160 | ||||
Pro-162 | ARC160 | ||||
Pro-163 | ARC300 | PSREdit300 | Win97 | ||
Pro-164 | ARC300 | PSREdit300 | Win97 | ||
Pro-197 | ARC500 | Win500 | PSREdit500 | ID Tracker | Scan Control |
Pro-404 | ARC404 | PSREdit100 | |||
Pro-405 | ARC404 | PSREdit100 | |||
Pro-433 | ARC433 | ||||
Pro-528 | ARC433 | ||||
Pro-2017 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-2018 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-2019 | |||||
Pro-2041 | ProLink | ||||
Pro-2051 | ARC433 | ||||
Pro-2052 | IDTracker | Scan Control | |||
Pro-2053 | Win93 | ||||
Pro-2054 | |||||
Pro-2055 | ARC300 | PSREdit300 | Win97 | ||
Pro-2067 | Win92 | ||||
Pro-2096 | ARC96 | Win96 |
Notes
- BuTel products are qualified for Special RadioReference/RS Licensing
- Radio Shack Programming Software Free Trial Wiki article
- ARCxxx products are available from the BuTel homepage. BuTel software is available from Scanner Master.
- PRO-83 and PRO-137 are conventional only
- Only the B version of the PRO-94 is PC programmable
- PRO-97 and 2055 support available in ARC300 from version 1.05
- For the Pro-107, please see the GRE/RS PC Object Oriented FAQ