PSR-300

The PSR-500 is manufactured by GRE in China. The PSR-300 is very similar to the Mobile/Base version of the PSR-400 and uses the same radio control software and Scanner cables.

General Specifications

Frequency Range (MHz), Step (kHz)

  29 -  54         5
 108 -  136.9875   12.5  
 137 -  174        5
 216 -  224.9950   5
 400 -  512        6.25
 806 -  956        12.5
1240 - 1300        12.5

• Rebanding supported? Yes
• 1,000 Channels with 100 channel-storage banks
• Multi-mode trunking (VHF, UHF, 800, 900, Motorola I/II/IIi, EDACS, LTR)
• Scan rate 90cps
• Spectrum Sweeper (with 10 autostore channels)
• Triple-Conversion Circuitry
• 10 ID lists, 10 IDs, 100 per bank; 1000 IDs total
• Weather Search
• Weather Alert Indicator
• SAME-FIPS Digital Weather Alert
• 1 programmable Skywarn channel
• Two Second Scan Delay
• ID Delay
• EDACS Partial Talkgroups
• Lock Out Function
• 200 Search Lockouts
• 10 Priority Channels
• 10 Priority IDs per bank
• Auto Backlight (light turns on when a signal is received)
• Four Service Banks - Police, Aircraft, Ham, and Marine
• Hypersearch/scan
• 10 search banks
• Direct Search
• Key Lock
• Data Signal Skip (skips no-modulated or data signals)
• Motorola Disconnect Tone Detect (scanner tunes into data trunk channel when it receives a disconnect transmision)
• Status Bits
• Manual Access
• Liquid Crystal Display
• Display Backlight
• Key Backlight
• BNC Antenna connector
• Memory Backup
• Programming from PC/MAC (not controllable)
• Key tones (for correct entry or different tones for errors)
• Battery Save ( a mode to preserve power if no signal appears for 5 seconds)
• 4 AA alkaline/Ni-MH batteries
• Future firmware upgrades can be installed by downloading and running an upgrade program (TBD).

Supporting Software

• Starrsoft WinXXX
• ARC software for PSR-300 *tenitive*

Yahoo Groups and Message Boards

• PSR-300 Yahoo group
• RadioReference GRE forum

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