Good evening need help from bergen country is there a way to test a simacast system before i buy a sds 200 asl for essex county also

[Car95]

Bergen county and Essex county

 

[APX8000]

Wow thats one hell of a title ! Short answer, everyone's mileage may vary depending on your location, conditions, etc.

 

[markjrenna]

Pretty much your only scanner choice is the Uniden SDS100/200 for simulcast. Location and elevation will dictate how far you can receive. For P25 NJICS for instance, you will most surely get Site 17 (Passaic County) since you are in the simulcast. And you may get Site 1 (Essex County) but no way to know till you know.

 

[jaspence]

What do you mean by test? A SDS200 should receive either simulcast or conventional trunked well and is the only choice other than the SDS100 or SDR. Distance from the tower or tall obstacles are your only other concerns.

 

[RaleighGuy]

DS200 should receive either simulcast or conventional trunked well and is the only choice other than the SDS100 or SDR.

Or Unication G4/G5 Pager.

@Car95 If worried about it buy from Amazon so you can return it easily.

 

[Car95]

Thanks guys if any has a radio that I can use before I buy a sds 200

 

[Car95]

Or buy a,radio

 

[K2NEC]

Free returns are your friend

 

[Car95]

I just got my sds200 with three county's question when it is scanning where Is the hold button

 

[fxdscon]

I just got my sds200 with three county's question when it is scanning where Is the hold button

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From the SDS200 Owner's Manual, page 13....

HOLDING A SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT, SITE, OR CHANNEL While scanning, you can hold on a system, department, site, or channel by pressing its associated soft key.

System Hold: Soft key 1
Department Hold: Soft key 2
Site Hold: F+Soft key 2
Channel Hold, Soft key 3
Note: If you hold on a channel that is in a trunked system, all enabled sites are still scanned for that channel activity.

 

[popnokick]

Try the Channel button- press once to Hold, press again to Resume Scan

 

[Car95]

Thank you

 

[dave3825]

I just got my sds200 with three county's question when it is scanning where Is the hold button

Since you just got the scanner, its recommended you read both of these. They pretty much explain everything you will ask in the future.

Easier to Read SDS100/200 Digital Scanner Manual

SDS Sentinel Software Manual

 

[Car95]

Thank you

 

[Brales60]

Time to start playing. Congrats on the SDS200, love mine. Such a huge difference from my 996P2.

 

[Car95]

Thank you

 

[Car95]

hey guys just to let you all know that i can know rec newark fd on the sds200 because i put the anttuater on and a amp

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Borrow someone else's non-SDS scanner. If it skips and stutters you won't have any money invested in it

 

[fredva]

because i put the anttuater on and a amp

Do you mean an ANTENNA and an amp? Hopefully you didn't put an attenuator and an amp on. Those would cancel each other out.

 

[Car95]

no i put the anttenuter from the menu lf that system and the amp on the input of the radio and it picks up fine