caldwest
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Yesterday, I received my G4 in the mail, and after a couple of hours, I had it charged and programmed. It works great on the Palmetto P25 Charleston County Simulcast system in Charleston, S.C. Reception is certainly better with the G4 than with the BCD536, 436, and 996XT scanners that I have . . . all of which have some degree of distortion that range from anywhere to 5% to 10% of transmissions on the P25 system. I had learned to accept that there is a certain amount of distortion to expect when monitoring a P25 simulcast system, but that is not the case with the G4. I have not heard any distortions with the G4, all transmissions have been clear with excellent audio quality.
What really has surprised me is that I was unaware that the BCD536 was not picking up some transmissions. Running the G4 and BCD536 side by side, I have observed the 536 missing transmissions or picking up transmissions seconds after the G4.
I understand that the G4 is a pager, but I hope the good folks at Unication will be able to add some scanner features in future firmware updates such as holding on or skipping talk groups.
What really has surprised me is that I was unaware that the BCD536 was not picking up some transmissions. Running the G4 and BCD536 side by side, I have observed the 536 missing transmissions or picking up transmissions seconds after the G4.
I understand that the G4 is a pager, but I hope the good folks at Unication will be able to add some scanner features in future firmware updates such as holding on or skipping talk groups.