Is Whistler still producing their older scanner's ?

[scannersnstuff]

Is Whistler still producing their older scanner's ?

 

[jtwalker]

Interesting question to ask in the Uniden forum…

Wouldn’t this have been better asked in Whistler forum?

 

[doctordialtone]

Check their website for what they're offer

Is Whistler still producing their older scanner's ?

Whistler® Scanners Official Site - USA

ALWAYS PREPARED WHISTLER Whistler WS1025 The WS1025 Analog Desktop Radio Scanner is a 200-channel scanner that lets you listen to FM radio bands and can be categorized into 10 separate memory banks. Also, it offers the convenience of one-touch searches of marine, fire/police, air, ham and...

www.whistlerscanner.com

 

[KevinC]

Moved.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Sorry, Hit the wrong button.....However I'm not a dummy ! My statement should have been "Are Whistler scanner's still available at dealer's ?". Everyone does not seem to carry them.

 

[KevinC]

Check their website for what they're offer

Whistler® Scanners Official Site - USA

ALWAYS PREPARED WHISTLER Whistler WS1025 The WS1025 Analog Desktop Radio Scanner is a 200-channel scanner that lets you listen to FM radio bands and can be categorized into 10 separate memory banks. Also, it offers the convenience of one-touch searches of marine, fire/police, air, ham and...

www.whistlerscanner.com

That's not the official Whistler Group website.

This one is...

Radio Scanners

Whistler is a leader in automotive radar detectors, power inverters, dash cameras, portable jump starters, rear-view cameras, police radio scanners and diagnostic inspection cameras.

whistlergroup.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

"Are Whistler scanner's still available at dealer's ?". Everyone does not seem to carry them.

ScannerMaster's have the older Whistler scanners, if you are talking about the older GRE models Whistler inherited when they bought the company. that would be a different question....

 

[cbehr91]

I bought a refurbished WS1065 on Amazon earlier this year. They still had new ones available. Whether they were new old stock I have no idea, nor did I really care.

 

[Ace9133uwu]

I bought a refurbished WS1065 on Amazon earlier this year. They still had new ones available. Whether they were new old stock I have no idea, nor did I really care.

I purchased a “new” 1040 on Amazon last year and it definitely was new. Amazon still offers both the 1040 & 1065 new and refurbished.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank's ya' all. I want a ws-1040 for milair, because of the sensitivity.

 

[Ace9133uwu]

Thank's ya' all. I want a ws-1040 for milair, because of the sensitivity.

It’s a decent scanner for the price, but one of my biggest peeves is the amount of double-AA’s it takes— 4. It eats alkaline like candy so if you’re planning on walking with it get yourself a really good set of rechargeables. Batteries Plus Bulbs has some good batteries.

If you do pull the trigger on the 1040, Amazon.com has ‘em brand new for $281 right now which is pretty good.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank's. Agreed on the 4 aa's, but the 325p2 eat's em' up. I really,really should kept my bcd3966t<Z>. Lol, that scanner was pure bliss.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank's. Agreed on the 4 aa's, but the 325p2 eat's em' up. I really,really should kept my bcd3966t<Z>. Lol, that scanner was pure bliss.

Correction - bcd396xt.

 

[Ace9133uwu]

Correction - bcd396xt.

I’ve still got mine- and the 346. Best scanners ever produced. My 396 is typically my daily carry since it doesn’t eat up batteries.

 

[StoliRaz]

ScannerMaster's have the older Whistler scanners, if you are talking about the older GRE models Whistler inherited when they bought the company. that would be a different question....

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What irks me is they went through the trouble of buying out GRECOM yet didn't even have the common decency to keep support for those models on their websites, i.e. PDFs of the user manuals, and especially firmware revisions we could download, etc. Seems like a huge fail on their behalf. I know they're older and some of that info is floating around out there, but now the only option is to download a firmware update from some shady 3rd party link to a "new" old scanner I just acquired with no guarantee it won't brick my scanner, frankly, sucks. I'm not even going to chance updating it.

 

[scannersnstuff]

What irks me is they went through the trouble of buying out GRECOM yet didn't even have the common decency to keep support for those models on their websites, i.e. PDFs of the user manuals, and especially firmware revisions we could download, etc. Seems like a huge fail on their behalf. I know they're older and some of that info is floating around out there, but now the only option is to download a firmware update from some shady 3rd party link to a "new" old scanner I just acquired with no guarantee it won't brick my scanner, frankly, sucks. I'm not even going to chance updating it.

IMHO, Whistler totally dropped the ball on the continuance of producing quality scanner's. They took the old GRE stuff and rebadged it. Yes, I was sorry after I sold my psr-500. They obviously did not have any engineer's with Paul Opitz <RIP> qualities. Even WhistlerWendy went on to greener pasture's after seeing the obvious writing on the wall. Whistler was quick to try to derail Uniden's sds sale's. Then they realized they could not produce a simulcast geared competitor scanner. I believe they even made reference to not being able to do so. In short, I guess I really don't need a ws-1040, especially if they don't support their older product's. I will make do with my Uniden's, Icom and Radioshack model's that handle milair. My loss, I guess.

 

[Ace9133uwu]

IMHO, Whistler totally dropped the ball on the continuance of producing quality scanner's. They took the old GRE stuff and rebadged it. Yes, I was sorry after I sold my psr-500. They obviously did not have any engineer's with Paul Opitz <RIP> qualities. Even WhistlerWendy went on to greener pasture's after seeing the obvious writing on the wall. Whistler was quick to try to derail Uniden's sds sale's. Then they realized they could not produce a simulcast geared competitor scanner. I believe they even made reference to not being able to do so. In short, I guess I really don't need a ws-1040, especially if they don't support their older product's. I will make do with my Uniden's, Icom and Radioshack model's that handle milair. My loss, I guess.

Hey, you can still find decently priced GRE scanners on eBay. You can also look here on the classifieds. OfferUp, Mercari, Facebook Marketplace, and yes even Craigslist are a few other resources to find some pretty good stuff. Two years ago I added my 3rd BCD396XT to my collection from OfferUp. $250 & it was basically unused and had all original stock parts.

 

[ecps92]

Hey, you can still find decently priced GRE scanners on eBay. You can also look here on the classifieds. OfferUp, Mercari, Facebook Marketplace, and yes even Craigslist are a few other resources to find some pretty good stuff. Two years ago I added my 3rd BCD396XT to my collection from OfferUp. $250 & it was basically unused and had all original stock parts.

Saw plenty of them (GRE/RS) as well as 996P2s last month at the local Amateur Flea

 

[StoliRaz]

Hey, you can still find decently priced GRE scanners on eBay. You can also look here on the classifieds. OfferUp, Mercari, Facebook Marketplace, and yes even Craigslist are a few other resources to find some pretty good stuff. Two years ago I added my 3rd BCD396XT to my collection from OfferUp. $250 & it was basically unused and had all original stock parts.

True, I see PSR-500s occasionally cheap. Got one myself in almost new condition cheap. I really wanted a 396xt, since I love my 346xt. Prices on those have gotten pretty ridiculous though since the "supply chain shortage" issues. In 2019-20 I would regularly find them in good shape for under $125. Now a quick check on Ebay shows 2 different 396xt models sitting at $300 and $350, and the older 396T models at $180-$200. Hilarious since last spring a brand new 325p2 could be had on Amazon for $320!!

 

[Ace9133uwu]

True, I see PSR-500s occasionally cheap. Got one myself in almost new condition cheap. I really wanted a 396xt, since I love my 346xt. Prices on those have gotten pretty ridiculous though since the "supply chain shortage" issues. In 2019-20 I would regularly find them in good shape for under $125. Now a quick check on Ebay shows 2 different 396xt models sitting at $300 and $350, and the older 396T models at $180-$200. Hilarious since last spring a brand new 325p2 could be had on Amazon for $320!!

I love both my 346/396’s. Wish Uniden would re-release that case-type with all new hardware. Reimagined 396 with DMR, NXDN & P25-PII.
Yeah, eBay prices have gotten a bit insane lately. Ah well, you win some and ya lose some.

I really wanted a 396xt

Try posting a wanted ad in the classifieds here. I did a few days ago and scored an awesome deal from a nice gentleman. They’re still out there, just gotta search!