I have a 396XT running most nights alongside a PSR-600 (not 500). I live in the metrowest Boston suburbs with no shortage of paging towers, etc. nearby. Honestly, although the GRE is supposed to have a much hotter frontend, I don't notice it. Both perform extremely well on conventional analog, trunked analog and the few P25 systems in range of my home. IMO the GREs are easier to use but the Uniden is better able to very precisely tailor active memory selection. If someone told me to get rid of one of them, I'd probably toss a coin (ignoring the base vs. handheld difference). One really minor thing that I like about the GRE is that it will log hits in the radio, while the Uniden will only log hits (
AFAIK) when hooked up to a computer. I find this information marginally useful, but I wouldn't make a buying decision based on that.