P25 Phase 2 scanner recommendation

scottybo14 · Feb 9, 2018

I'm a little lost. Have been on the EDACS system for several years and am looking to upgrade with my county as they are all going to P25 Phase 2.

Base unit vs handheld is of no importance as it will be used primarily for feed purposes on Broadcastify. Also have a mounted antenna, so that is of no importance either.

Manual programming easiness is pretty important as there is no information on new frequencies as of yet. Law enforcement is on the new system already. Fire and EMS are making the swap next week.

My pockets aren't deep, so value vs top-of-the-line is more important there.

Thanks in advance.

bigcam406 · Feb 9, 2018

Uniden BCD996P2

W8RMH · Feb 9, 2018

I agree with the BCD996P2. I use a BCD996XT for my feed which I bought 2 weeks before the P2 came out, though I don't need Phase II at this time. It replaced my BCT15X which replaced a BCT15 before that. These scanners have a record out jack that has an even audio out which is great for feeds.

scanphreak · Feb 9, 2018

scottybo14 said:
I'm a little lost. Have been on the EDACS system for several years and am looking to upgrade with my county as they are all going to P25 Phase 2.

Base unit vs handheld is of no importance as it will be used primarily for feed purposes on Broadcastify. Also have a mounted antenna, so that is of no importance either.

Manual programming easiness is pretty important as there is no information on new frequencies as of yet. Law enforcement is on the new system already. Fire and EMS are making the swap next week.

My pockets aren't deep, so value vs top-of-the-line is more important there.

Thanks in advance.

Uniden BCD-325P2 would be my recommendation for a scanner feed that does P2.

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lou9155 · Feb 10, 2018

wait until the next radio from uniden and/or whistler comes out. the current sd card based scanners are horrible to listen to p25 wise...and require too many steps to do simple tasks...most here love having the database but its such a trade off......imho

bigcam406 · Feb 10, 2018

The BCD996P2 and 325P2 dont use SD cards for memory.

3King · Feb 10, 2018

scottybo14 said:
I'm a little lost. Have been on the EDACS system for several years and am looking to upgrade with my county as they are all going to P25 Phase 2.

Base unit vs handheld is of no importance as it will be used primarily for feed purposes on Broadcastify. Also have a mounted antenna, so that is of no importance either.

Manual programming easiness is pretty important as there is no information on new frequencies as of yet. Law enforcement is on the new system already. Fire and EMS are making the swap next week.

My pockets aren't deep, so value vs top-of-the-line is more important there.

Thanks in advance.

Bcd436hp for handheld and bcd536hp for base I have both radios and love them both. No issues at all with anything and work amazing if programmed properly. I am a digital scanner freak you can say. I have all upgrades for both radios.

scottybo14 · Feb 17, 2018

Went with the 996P2.

Thanks for the input!

Skypilot007 · Feb 18, 2018

That should work, hope you don't suffer from phase II distortion too much.

jonwienke · Feb 18, 2018

Skypilot007 said:
That should work, hope you don't suffer from phase II distortion too much.

There's no such thing. Simulcast is what causes distortion, and can be used with digital or analog.

Skypilot007 · Feb 20, 2018

jonwienke said:
There's no such thing. Simulcast is what causes distortion, and can be used with digital or analog.

Sorry I mis-typed that...I know what causes the distortion. Apparently Uniden and Whistler do not and refuse to demodulated linear simulcast systems properly.

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