If Money is not a problem just buy the new scanners and keep the older ones. Ask BuddrousaI have both scanners and they have all the upgrades. Cost not being a factor. Should I get the sds 100 and 200. Am I going to gain anything or would it ge a waist of money. I had them in my cart and almost hit checkouy
Thanks for taking the time to reply. That's the answer I thought I was going to get. I will hold off (for now) My scanners work great and I really have not had a problem with simulcast. I just mention the upgrades as I would have to add that to the cost of the replacement scanners. I'm just an old ham with more dollars than sense.Are the scanners you have now doing everything you need them to do in your particular location? Do you have to deal with simulcast issues, which can cause problems for the 436/536 models? I am sure you're aware that you cannot transfer the upgrades you installed on your 436/536 models to the SDS models, as the upgrades are specific to each individual scanner.
To me, if what you have is working as you need them to for your location, you may not need to pull that trigger. If you are having simulcast issues on some systems you want to monitor then you may well wish to pull that trigger. Also even if you don't have simulcast problems now, its always possible you might in the future. If money is absolutely no object and you simply want the latest models from Uniden, then pull that trigger. But the fact you thought about it and didn't initially makes me think that maybe you are happy with what you have, and that the money could be used for other things that you like to do. Your call.
And “upgrade” is one word, not two.I'm far from a superior spelling queen but it's "you're an idiot".
Appreciate that comment, if you've mastered the x36, you can pretty much take theSDS-100 and 200 out of the box and treat it the same, some fun tweaking with filters that will take care of imperfections with the x36 radios who are 8 years old, but it's the same radio with simulcast reception.Because the SDS 200 operates differently from most scanners, system, dept. and channel soft keys and if you have P-25 (digital) trunking sites near by I would buy the SDS 200 scanner. If you want it to monitor UHF 450-485mhz systems the SDS 200 still has the crackling sound after transmissions that is very annoying. Uniden tried to fix the crackling noise with an firmware update in 2019 and is still a problem today.
iMONITOR-Such a true "saying"."If it works don't fix it!"
The "plot" has changed significantly over the years. Originally, scanners simply had to look for RF on a channel. RF there (enough to break squelch) and bingo, it stopped. Now with control channels that always have a RF signal and the need to then see if the traffic on that channel is on your list of agencies and talk groups and not just a radio newly associating or some administrative function, or an MDT sending/receiving a data burst takes more time than "is there RF or not?" means the scanner can't possibly scan as fast.IMO both the 436HP and 536HP are the better scanners. I own both the SDS100 and SDS200 and they’re mainly good for simulcast due to them being a form of software defined radio. But they scan too slow, and they are too deaf unlike a “real” old school scanner like the 436HP/536HP. But actually, even those don’t hold a candle to the combo of digital/analog sensitivity and scanning quickness that my 396XT has.
Uniden lost the plot—“scanner.” That’s the main thing! It MUST scan quick! I hope their new director knows what they’re doing. They should hire a ham.