After much research, I decided to buy one.
My impressions in our first 24 hours together:
The differences in dynamic memory vs bank/channel and all that goes
with manipulating data are great enuf that it really wouldn't be fair to opine.
I'm used to a lifetime of bank/channel operations. Wanting to perform
certain actions with dynamic memory at this point are a freeking nightmare.
I'll keep reading the f'ing manual and learning.
I read much praise about how cool the 996's backlights were n' all that.
And they're nice. But I bought a radio, not a damn lava lamp, so all that stuff was moot.
What I was mainly concerned about was what happened between the antenna
and the speaker. I read much about great image rejection, impressive immunity
to overloading, things that mattered most to me.
So far, in those aspects, it's a very mixed bag.
Comparing it mainly to my BC780 and Pro2096, the sensitivity across the board
is as good, and I'd say somewhat better on VHF-HI vs the 2096 and equal to the 780.
I've found the 996T to have more intermod problems on VHF-HI, and to be subject to overload in that area as much as if not moreso than the other radios in my location.
Disappointing.
I loaded the 996 with the same channel lineup as the other radios in conventional/trunked, and the same as the 2096 when digital channels were included, and it seemed to take the 996 a lot longer to scan thru the same channel lineup. I zeroed the hold times, checked delay times, etc....
Perhaps I had my hopes too high after reading MT's Larry Van Horn and all the
other scanning experts' opinions.
I'm no expert, but I find myself wondering just how expert they really are.
There's more, but those are the main impressions over the first day.
Perhaps more time and examination of this radio's capabilities will change
my mind. Right now, I'm disappointed in what I've purchased.
My impressions in our first 24 hours together:
The differences in dynamic memory vs bank/channel and all that goes
with manipulating data are great enuf that it really wouldn't be fair to opine.
I'm used to a lifetime of bank/channel operations. Wanting to perform
certain actions with dynamic memory at this point are a freeking nightmare.
I'll keep reading the f'ing manual and learning.
I read much praise about how cool the 996's backlights were n' all that.
And they're nice. But I bought a radio, not a damn lava lamp, so all that stuff was moot.
What I was mainly concerned about was what happened between the antenna
and the speaker. I read much about great image rejection, impressive immunity
to overloading, things that mattered most to me.
So far, in those aspects, it's a very mixed bag.
Comparing it mainly to my BC780 and Pro2096, the sensitivity across the board
is as good, and I'd say somewhat better on VHF-HI vs the 2096 and equal to the 780.
I've found the 996T to have more intermod problems on VHF-HI, and to be subject to overload in that area as much as if not moreso than the other radios in my location.
Disappointing.
I loaded the 996 with the same channel lineup as the other radios in conventional/trunked, and the same as the 2096 when digital channels were included, and it seemed to take the 996 a lot longer to scan thru the same channel lineup. I zeroed the hold times, checked delay times, etc....
Perhaps I had my hopes too high after reading MT's Larry Van Horn and all the
other scanning experts' opinions.
I'm no expert, but I find myself wondering just how expert they really are.
There's more, but those are the main impressions over the first day.
Perhaps more time and examination of this radio's capabilities will change
my mind. Right now, I'm disappointed in what I've purchased.