Thanks for the replies. I looked at the SDS but the reviews were not all that impressive and it was about $200 more than the 325. I am the kind of person that is not afraid to spend a little extra to get the proper item, I go along with the saying "buy once, cry once". Once I get it and start trying to program it will the problem you mentioned manifest itself quickly or be too subtle for a novice like me to recognize? Are you in the Western NY area?
To the original poster, I grew up in Pennsylvania but I actually lived in New York state in Nassau and Suffolk County from 1971 to 1985, for about a year I lived in Erie County, New York on Grand Island which is right in between Niagara Falls USA and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Irrelevant to the discussion here but I'm familiar with your area anyway, even though it was a different radio system LOL.
Bottom line, no getting around it, this is a simulcast system, I was going to post the towers but I see someone else is already done that. What you have is one site called simulcast and then a bunch of sub sites or towers that simultaneously broadcast what your radio is calling for and that's where you get simulcast distortion. The only site you can manipulate in the radio is called simulcast you can't turn the other towers on and off. You can try attenuating the signal or a desensitized antenna or paper clip so as to try to isolate transmissions from just one tower which is very hard to do.
The SDS radios handle simulcast, they have an SDR chip. All the other Uniden radios are not simulcast capable which doesn't mean they may not work in some locations but as you move around in between the towers you will miss transmissions or have broken or clipped transmissions, it's pretty cut and dry and has been covered here. It's not only location but a fair amount of luck also. Some people don't mind missed transmissions or broken transmissions and your location might work out just fine depending on where you are in the county in relation to the cluster of towers.
A good suggestion I could make is unpack the radio very carefully and slowly. Hopefully, you purchased from a reputable vendor and you have a 30-day money back guarantee. There's nothing wrong with your radio if it doesn't handle simulcast adequately other than it is the wrong radio so you may be charged a restocking fee if you return it or maybe not, if you exchange it for the SDS 100.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
