RadioShack PRO-96 5500-Channel Digital Handheld Scanner

alaTest has collected and analyzed 15 user reviews of RadioShack PRO-96 5500-Channel Digital Handheld Scanner from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

This Is the easist scanner that i have ever bought easy to program just like my pro-528 hand held has well.

This radio is a good radio for getting started in digital communications, the ACPO project 25 systems. Most systems will be used by this. This radio is the only radio that is affordable if you try to save up much money as you can, cause its worth it....

The only two things that I do not like about the pro-96 is; they should of made the scanner lockout more that 50 channels, and once you have accidently deleted a V-Folder it cannot be recovered even if you do a software restore. When I think about they...

It is amazing and I am going to buy the base version soon. However, when I turn it on, it takes five hours before it can recieve a digital signal. So, at night I turn the volume down and plug it in so the battery doesn't die, and so it doesnt shut off....

The Pro-96 is by far the best radio that GRE ever produced for Radio Shack! The VFolder memory management is sheer genius, and the only "lacking" features are 700mhz trunking, signal stalker, and NAC code ability. Other than those, this is the finest...

I have seen several posts regarding the short battery life of the Pro-96 scanner and offer the following.

I like to use this Scanner for emergencies, ham band, cb band, Aircraft,and frs/gm/murs the thing that is great about it. Is that you can get a lot of things to listen to.

My Pro 96 is over 4 years old and still works like it is new. Yes, programming can be a monster if you dont have the Win96 software but once you get it, its easy. My scanner has not been treated with "kid gloves" and it shows cosmetic damage, but it...

I bought the PRO-2096 and the PRO-96 scanners when they first came out. They both still work perfectly. I am still tempted to buy another one.

This scanner is great. The only drawback is you have to get programming software from Starrsoft. They are very not a very customer friendly company. Radio Shack should sell the software.