Take this as my vote for YES, would love to see this feature on my next Uniden or GRE scanner,tbrady said:I would like to see a feature added to the BC396T and the BC996T scanners to allow user to see the radio IDs along with the regular talkgroup IDs ,is this possible? Thanks Tbrady.
Ouch. That's not a good sign.edmscan said:I made the suggestion to Paul a long time ago and he didnt understand why anyone would ever want this.
I'm sure they will (or have already) determined that the demand is not there for the vast majority of customers (Joe Sixpack types don't even know that radio ID's exist on trunking systems)He said Uniden had to determine if the cost would be worth it for new features. I hope he will look at this feature seriously as I think there is the demand.
I too, would love to see this, but to do it properly, Uniden would have to allow users to create radio lists with alpha tags, and that's not going to happen on any current model. They will probably save this until they can do it right (and use it as a feature to sell us more scanners)So guys ... lets keep the pressure on Uniden and maybe they will add it.
Gilligan said:Well even without alpha tagging radio IDs, it would be cool if you could at least store a few of them. Let's say you had a few friends that were officers. Plug them in w/ alert tone and it would beep when they key up. That kind of thing... Or if you knew the radio IDs for the radio techs then you could have it beep when they're keying up a new channel or something...
True, but at least the mobiles would probably be consistent. Then again, they may swap cars around, too. Good point.W4KRR said:In some departments, the officers turn in their radios at the end of their shift, and check out a new one the next day at the beginning of their shift. So if you alpha-tagged a radio as "Officer Smith" or whatever, the next day someone else might be issued that radio, and your alpha tags would no longer be accurate.
That would be really nice, but it requires too many changes to the current firmware:Gilligan said:Well even without alpha tagging radio IDs, it would be cool if you could at least store a few of them. Let's say you had a few friends that were officers. Plug them in w/ alert tone and it would beep when they key up. That kind of thing... Or if you knew the radio IDs for the radio techs then you could have it beep when they're keying up a new channel or something...
Oh, that's great. True, too.Fiveo said:Uh, Joe Sixpack types don't spend $500 on trunking scanners either.
So you think they just give up on their scanning hobby when their local PS services go digital?Fiveo said:Uh, Joe Sixpack types don't spend $500 on trunking scanners either.
rdale said:Past due in what sense? What does the radio not do that it is supposed to? Don't you think they would spend their resources on additional features for the next scanner instead?