I gave extensive details of my test in the various other threads - as mentioned in those, the new Pro96 is much improved over the past Pro96, and the 396, in Flint and the rest of Genesee Co.
"The acid test is for a receiver to have good quality at almost all locations where the "receiver is "looking" at several transmitters in the same system."
It doesn't have good quality on every transmission - it has notably better quality than before on a large majority of transmissions. And I had equal or better than Uniden on 90% or more.
"It is not clear that Detroit's system is more or less difficult to demodulate."
It works better on the Detroit system. Did you read any of the Detroit threads in the forum here? I'd suggest perusing those...
"I expect that a receiver distant from Detroit might be receiving only one transmitter and thus have better quality than the same receiver equal distant from two or three transmitters."
I tested it in and all around Detroit, side-by-side with a 396 that was not receiving well in many locations. I don't imagine there are too many places in the city where the radio only gets one tower.
"At the end of the day, both RS and Uniden may not have the computational power to work as well as a Motorola receiver."
It's not the 'computational power' - it's a $200 receiver and the quality of its components vs a $2000 receiver and the related difference in quality. RS was able to overcome some of that, but in the end it takes a $2000 scanner to receive as well as a $2000 Motorola.
bigblue is obviously only picking up a signal from one tower, so his comparion doesn't mean anything. For his scanner, it's just a plain old signal. Not a combination of various towers. I always picked up the system well on I-69 west of Swartz Creek where it likely only got on tower.
- Rob
