That is the one major issue I still have with Uniden radios - the AGC that really is worthless. After all these years, how can Uniden be so stagnant on progress with this? My GRE radio sounded beautiful, smooth and even on all digital channels, while my 436 is all over the place. I shouldn't have to adjust a volume offset for each channel/TG. After all, some individual transmissions are substantially louder or quieter than others, not necessarily every transmission on a given freq/TG. With that being said, is that something that could be fixed with a firmware update, or is that a hardware issue?
I still call BS/Vaporware on the AGC for the x96XT and x36HP platforms. Even somewhat on the HP-1.
How can you "fix" something that may never have been implemented???
Again, maybe I/We are all missing something on how the AGC should be configured, how it works and maybe it is PILOT ERROR, but when there are MULTIPLE settings for the AGC on these scanners, there may by hundreds of combinations to try. Without a CLEAR and CONCISE description of what each parameter does, how each parameter affects signals and some benchmark/baseline settings, how an anyone supposed to be able to figure out even where to start with the AGC on these products.
I find it interesting that there have not been a large group to pipe in claiming how well the AGC works and what settings they are using. This large block of silence has me generally suspicious that this is just Vaporware
I would love for someone to produce a White Paper with examples and descriptions on how each setting changes/modifies the Volume on these radios. And to be more to the point, should this really be considered an AGC or an AVC? I would be happy with a AVC (Automatic Volume Control) that actuallyh worked as there is not likely any AGC going on here. Also for Gain or dB changes within the IF section, this should have little to no impact of FM or digital signals, only on AM. Or this is at least how I understood the world to work.
I am all ears, I am ready to be proved wrong!!