SDS100/SDS200: Is the SDS100 being discontinued?

[Wnqk784]

Amen to that buddy had things stayed simple like just vhf and UHF there wouldn't be such a mess

 

[garys]

And tubes. Don't forget how reliable tube radios were.

Amen to that buddy had things stayed simple like just vhf and UHF there wouldn't be such a mess

 

[KK4JUG]

Uniden is not a non-profit organization.

Furthermore, there are those who don't want all the features, i.e., I have no use for ProVoice or NXDN. The more "features," the higher the price.

 

[garys]

Which is why they are optional at additional cost.

Uniden is not a non-profit organization.

Furthermore, there are those who don't want all the features, i.e., I have no use for ProVoice or NXDN. The more "features," the higher the price.

 

[Wnqk784]

That's true all these p25 systems are such a waste of money they don't half work most of the time and they always have to have an update just so they work it's just rediculous when All they have to do is just a little work on the old system and have something way more reliable

 

[KevinC]

That's true all these p25 systems are such a waste of money they don't half work most of the time and they always have to have an update just so they work it's just rediculous when All they have to do is just a little work on the old system and have something way more reliable

Maybe all the ones close to you "don't half work most of the time", but the ones near me are pretty stable and work quite well. Possibly the ones near you need a different company servicing them if they can't seem to maintain them properly.

 

[Wnqk784]

I don't know but they are supposed to be the best of the best and they're not they are under a contract with Motorola solutions and they are always having some sort of break down and have to be updated every couple months since they went digital when they had the original trunked systems they never had that problem

 

[werinshades]

I don't know but they are supposed to be the best of the best and they're not they are under a contract with Motorola solutions and they are always having some sort of break down and have to be updated every couple months since they went digital when they had the original trunked systems they never had that problem

Which system would this be?

 

[Wnqk784]

I'll give an example when my county first went to 800 the system worked great it had range that was second to none I could be almost 100 miles away and still had radio contact since they went digital it went from that to about 30 miles and they went from 4 towers to 6 and got worse

 

[Wnqk784]

It was originally the Florence county 800 system then when it went digital it was migrated into the pal 800

 

[Wnqk784]

That's why it goes to say if it's not broken don't fix it

 

[garys]

We need to bring back one way AM receivers and call boxes on street corners!

 

[fredva]

I'll give an example when my county first went to 800 the system worked great it had range that was second to none I could be almost 100 miles away and still had radio contact since they went digital it went from that to about 30 miles and they went from 4 towers to 6 and got worse

Regarding the range - the FCC probably doesn't want the system transmitting 100 miles away because that uses up scarce frequencies that other systems aren't able to use. A lot of systems are intentionally configured to be used within the intended jurisdiction and not much beyond that.

 

[spikestabber]

Which system would this be?

Bell Fleetnet has a regular feature like this.

 

[scannersnstuff]

<Unofficial Comment>. I do not think that Uniden will discontinue the sds100/200. I think that these scanner's have reached the pinacle of scanner's.

 

[icemantim8]

Prove it.

Dude you are way too serious....lol

 

[Wnqk784]

Well All I can say is it seems to be a waste of money to me they should have left it alone and just did upgrades as needed when it was a 3600 bauld system it seemed alot better

 

[buddrousa]

Do not forget the man that designed the sds scanners pasted away

 

[spikestabber]

Do not forget the man that designed the sds scanners pasted away

I fear they're just making a new model with an upgraded known high-level software arch.

 

[bob550]

Do not forget the man that designed the sds scanners pasted away

No inventor lives forever. People didn't stop using telephones when Alexander Graham Bell died in 1922. In fact the company he founded, AT&T, is still very much alive almost 140 years later. So, it's incumbent upon Uniden to continue product development and support long after the designer has left this earth.