Hardly fatal, nor a flaw. (Like how a Ford Fusion, nor a Chevy Cruze, will keep pace with NASCAR vehicles.)This is the fatal flaw of the G5. I keep hoping they change the firmware so it can monitor Conventional and Trunked at the same time, not one or the other. I need to monitor two dispatches at the same time, as well as a mutual aid dispatch that borders both of them. One is trunked, the other two are VHF conventional ... so I carry a VHF pager for those two, and a low band pager for the trunked simulcast, when I really wish I could carry just one pager and make life easier.
This is the fatal flaw of the G5. I keep hoping they change the firmware so it can monitor Conventional and Trunked at the same time, not one or the other. I need to monitor two dispatches at the same time, as well as a mutual aid dispatch that borders both of them. One is trunked, the other two are VHF conventional ... so I carry a VHF pager for those two, and a low band pager for the trunked simulcast, when I really wish I could carry just one pager and make life easier.
" ... If you need to monitor 2 dispatches at the same time you need 2 radios ..."
Far from a fatal flaw, or any flaw as its designed to monitor 1 system at a time with 1 or many talk groups. OR 1 or many conventional channels.
Just because it does NOT fit your needs does not mean its improperly designed.
The majority of users who use these in a professional capacity are not monitoring multiple systems and conventional channels. They park it on one channel and wait for dispatch to alert them. As the product was designed for. Then there is the option to scan with priority so they can get traffic on other channels and if dispatch calls them priority works.
If you need to monitor 2 dispatches at the same time you need 2 radios. Plus mutual aid plus the dog catcher plus who ever else you feel you need to monitor get dedicated radios but dont say a device that does not fit your "needs" has a fatal flaw. take a step back and realize the world does not revolve around you.
They are scanners, not a piece of professional use, for public safety users.So the scanners that promote the ability to scan thousands of frequencies in so many seconds are what? Doing the wrong thing? The manufacturer of these scanners should have been concentrating on the quality of the signal all along?
So the scanners that promote the ability to scan thousands of frequencies in so many seconds are what? Doing the wrong thing? The manufacturer of these scanners should have been concentrating on the quality of the signal all along?
This is the fatal flaw of the G5. I keep hoping they change the firmware so it can monitor Conventional and Trunked at the same time, not one or the other. I need to monitor two dispatches at the same time, as well as a mutual aid dispatch that borders both of them. One is trunked, the other two are VHF conventional ... so I carry a VHF pager for those two, and a low band pager for the trunked simulcast, when I really wish I could carry just one pager and make life easier.
Hardly fatal, nor a flaw. (Like how a Ford Fusion, nor a Chevy Cruze, will keep pace with NASCAR vehicles.)
The time lost, as the pager re-syncs with the control channel increases the likelihood of missing pages on both sides.
The majority of users who use these in a professional capacity are not monitoring multiple systems and conventional channels. They park it on one channel and wait for dispatch to alert them.
...yadda yadda yadda ...
If you need to monitor 2 dispatches at the same time you need 2 radios. .
So the scanners that promote the ability to scan thousands of frequencies in so many seconds are what? Doing the wrong thing? The manufacturer of these scanners should have been concentrating on the quality of the signal all along?
So explain the ability of the Minitor III, IV, V, VI being able to easily monitor two dispatch channels at once. Many use this function to monitor two departments.
As for the G5 it can monitor 128 channels. It can monitor 800 & VHF/UHF, but can only monitor one band at a time ... so your argument is quite moot
They don't, they use a scan function with priority. Without two receive boards, it is impossible and even with two receive boards, the result would be unintelligible with the audio from both channels coming from the same speaker. The priority channel, if receiving will always make the second channel unmonitorable while the priority channel is active. If you need to monitor two dispatch channels, you need two radios.