RF Perfomance of new models (BCD396XT, BC346XT, BCD996XT, BCT15X)

[kd7rto]

Originally Posted by jnewell

Let's get back to a constructive discussion rather than BS.

I think this thread does serve a useful purpose. We are telling the industry that there is a demand for a professional grade communications receiver that will follow trunking. If Uniden is firm in it’s belief that such an item would not sell, then hopefully Icom is listening, and will invest in the licensing required so that they can offer trunking decode abilities in the model they introduce to replace the IC8500.

[N_Jay]

Nope.
I would bet that in every forum on every topic there are threads asking for products that would fail in the market.

This thread is no different.

[DaveIN]

Icom has no interest in the trunking abilities on a receiver and barely even interested in selling receivers any longer, and other than trunking software with the Winradio nobody is even close. The closest thing to a trunking "capable" (dual) receiver with third party software is the IC-R2500 and it's going the way of the dodo. The next step is a service monitor at the cost of a luxury car.

As I see it there are only two players in the trunking scanner market and both companies are very close under the current price limit for features and performance. Let's see what the new BCD996XT and BCT15X are like.

[wayne_h]

Originally Posted by KE4ZNR

then he needs to form coherent sentences.

You need to chill out; one dig was enough. Based on the poster's IP he's no where near the North American continent. So obviously english is not his first language.

[mallerton]

Originally Posted by mancow

One thing I found interesting is that the 396XT exhibited no detectable EDACS end tone at all, nothing. There wasn't even the slightest blip, even with the weakest of signals. It was as solid as the Ericsson M-RK.

Same with the 346XT. Great scanner.

[mallerton]

I notice that my 346XT when sitting on my desk powered by its wall wart can have a distinct 60Hz buzz on top of the audio of my local VHF SmartZone system. My 396T, using the same wall wart, same antenna, and in exactly the same locations as the 346XT exhibits no buzz at all. I'm not sure if this is due to increased sensitivity of the 346XT, is a manufacturing defect, or is a design defect.

It's also worth noting that when I power my 346XT from the 12v car power supply and I'm monitoring VHF air I hear alternator whine when squelch is broken on the 346XT but not on the 396T. The same external antenna (MaxRad VHF with mag mount) was used in both cases.

Does anyone have similar findings with their XT radios?