I recently took advantage of the $325 Amazon pricing and purchased a BCD436HP.
I updated the firmware and database, have loaded a Favorites List with some of my local channels.
At this point I am terribly underwhelmed by the reception performance of the 436. My local police and fire reception is perhaps 40% of the quality of the 396. It is static filled and hard to listen to. There is an occasional clear comm on some freqs, but they are few and far between.
I have verified the frequencies and settings are identical for both scanners, and that attenuator is off on both (that was my first thoguht).
I have also tried swapping the antenna's between the two radios (which seem to be the same antenna) with no change in performance.
I am suspecting a loose or bad connection between the antenna and the board.
Any thoughts if I am missing something or if I need to send it to Uniden for a service?
Thanks in advance for your input, insight and advice.
I updated the firmware and database, have loaded a Favorites List with some of my local channels.
At this point I am terribly underwhelmed by the reception performance of the 436. My local police and fire reception is perhaps 40% of the quality of the 396. It is static filled and hard to listen to. There is an occasional clear comm on some freqs, but they are few and far between.
I have verified the frequencies and settings are identical for both scanners, and that attenuator is off on both (that was my first thoguht).
I have also tried swapping the antenna's between the two radios (which seem to be the same antenna) with no change in performance.
I am suspecting a loose or bad connection between the antenna and the board.
Any thoughts if I am missing something or if I need to send it to Uniden for a service?
Thanks in advance for your input, insight and advice.
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