I was looking to get a SDS-100 originally, but I got priced out of it due to personal circumstances.
The primary use of this scanner will be monitoring Emergency services (Some of which use NXDN) & some airline ground ops
which use trunking systems located in Houston, Texas.
How does this scanner handle simulcast?
I have read that the TRX-1 comes with NXDN within it already, is this correct? Does this scanner support DMR out of the box as well?
Any other pros/cons I should be aware of with this scanner?
In my particular case it is Phase l and ll simulcast for most counties and or services in my area. I personally have never had any luck with simulcast. You may want to Google trx1 and simulcast transmissions. Way back when my area was all Motorola type ll smart zone systems it outperformed brand X and had superior audio and modulation. The last of those systems shut down in 2023 in my area.
Some claim it works fine on simulcast but no one I've ever known personally.
It's a nice little radio that is a big brother to the GRE psr800 designed and introduced around 2011 before Whistler bought GRE. Nice compact design with a very good display. I personally removed the rubber encasement the first day I got the radio about 8 years ago. Without the case it is a very slim, sturdy and attractive keyboard design.
I personally don't listen to any DMR but the city I worked in before I retired had a nxdn48 trunked police system with two sites in the 460 MHz range. Unfortunately, it doesn't trunk track the control channel as it is not a licensed version of nxdn. There were many missed transmissions. And again there are many who swear by it and say it works perfectly for them on trunked nxdn but no one I personally know.
It serves a purpose for some listeners and I like the "easy scan" programming. Although it is long in the tooth, it serves a niche group of listeners, again, who swear by it.
Although I don't use it on a regular basis, I also wouldn't sell it because it's an attractive small compact radio that could serve me well if I needed it for a particular application.
Google your question in several different ways and read the threads on radio reference that you will find and simply make up your own mind whether or not it could serve your purposes.
Unfortunately all of these scanners are costly in this economic environment but if you really need dependable simulcast performance you might want to consider the alternative scanners and pagers that are specifically designed for simulcast reception and you always have the option of setting up an SDR arrangement on your computer.
Do your own research on the internet and good luck to you.
