SDS100/SDS200: Cell Site Interference vs Other Scanners

[policefreak]

So has anyone tested this out? Is the SDS100 better, worse, or the same when it comes to cell tower overload in the 700/800mhz range than say the BCD436HP?

 

[jonwienke]

I live right next to a cell tower, and haven't had any issues with it.

 

[KB7MIB]

Verizon cell towers in Arizona use the 700 MHz band, and reception across the 700/800 MHz range is completely wiped out within several hundred yards (maybe as much as a quarter of a mile) of these towers.
My PSR-500 is useless across this range when near a Verizon tower here. I'm curious myself as to whether or not an SDS-100 would fare any better.

John
Peoria, AZ

 

[kb8rvp]

I live by a cell tower that has multi-cell providers on the tower and it wipes out all of my previous scanners. I now have the SDS-100 so I'll drive by to see how it does and let you know.

Mike

 

[KR7CQ]

Verizon cell towers in Arizona use the 700 MHz band, and reception across the 700/800 MHz range is completely wiped out within several hundred yards (maybe as much as a quarter of a mile) of these towers.
My PSR-500 is useless across this range when near a Verizon tower here. I'm curious myself as to whether or not an SDS-100 would fare any better.

John
Peoria, AZ

Yeah. When in the valley, Verizon sites wipe out any device I've tried, scanners, Unication, doesn't matter. 100-300 yards and you are done. You might get bits and pieces, and noises, but that's it. I haven't tested Motorola gear, but I'm assuming (and hoping) that professional gear doesn't have these issues.