SDS100/SDS200: Is this going to...

[KE5MC]

... make my butt look big?

Just delivered.

 

[KK4JUG]

Yes

Butt, look on the bright side: It'll be more stable if you stand it on a table.

 

[KE5MC]

I really like the improved stability. Battery at 3.64 volts and charging now.

 

[K2RNI]

More pics plz

 

[CQ]

That's phatt
:lol:

 

[KE5MC]

About 5-6 hours for green light on.

 

[KE5MC]

1st Big Batt Charge

After the initial battery charge out of the box I ran the battery down to the low warning.

The following is the results using an iPad 12W charger and USB metering device. Picture of measuring device is after Green Light. During the charge the voltage was 4.95 and current .68-.70 amps. Timer stops when current gets very low or goes to zero.

Mike

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

This may have been asked already, but with the bigger battery / door, how does the scanner handle the belt clip?

 

[KE5MC]

Still looks big...

Not sure if the picture helps. I never use the belt clip.

 

[scannermike11]

this almost as big as a moblie radio

this look like a PD HT this is way to big for a hand held i thing some body at uniden forgot that
this is a hand held radio some one tell me how i put this in a pocket i am glad i waited to see what the other guys
come up with

 

[bob550]

It would appear that the SDS100 has gone from being a handheld scanner to a "handsheld" scanner. Maybe Uniden can offer finger extenders for those of us who are digitally-challenged.

 

[scannermike11]

i thing Uniden is trying to fix a problem with a all in one radio and now it has moved away from being a real
handheld to something like a PD radio Uniden needs to think about a radio like the G5 and it could be made small like everyone in the radio world and that would fix the 800 problem

 

[hardsuit]

bob550 - not too Different from the Nextel radios I used to sell, though one model the Communicator was a compact Flip up design. but battery was Plump. but the Nextel radios were built Tough as nails.
but, this was all before Smartphones were a thing.

 

[bob550]

The enlarged battery and accompanying cover was always how cell phone handset manufacturers offered a high-capacity battery option. The SDS100 extended battery size is no real surprise.

 

[maus92]

I equate belt clips with pocket protectors, thus never a good look.

 

[KK4JUG]

This may have been asked already, but with the bigger battery / door, how does the scanner handle the belt clip?

For over 30 years I carried a variety of items at various times on my belt (handcuffs, gun, Taser, rubber gloves, baton and, yes, even a walkie-talkie but for some reason I could never get comfortable carrying a scanner on my hip. I've used the belt clip to attach a scanner to other things but not to me.

 

[KE5MC]

I equate belt clips with pocket protectors, thus never a good look.

You are just hanging out in the wrong crowd of people.

 

[CQ]

This last time I put something on my belt with a clip was a BlackBerry over a decade ago.