Got out of scanning maybe 15 years ago when trunking arrived, always had Unidens. Purchased a BCD436HP for Christmas and was totally frustrated with the programing, when I went to order a preprogrammed SD card the vendor pointed out my area is simulcast. Luckily, I was able to sell the unit and get almost all my money back. Looked hard at the SD100 but after having had the 436 in my hand I was disappointed that the radio itself felt cheap and using my reading glasses, a magnifying glass, and a flashlight I still struggled to read the screen and all those buttons. I did some research and came across the Unication pagers and between this forum and the 5 minute RADIO GEEK YouTube video regarding programing with the Radio Reference download I took the chance and ordered a G5 from Ray’s. I’m thrilled with it! The compact size, the rugged design, the voice clarity, and the easy to read screen make this unit a winner. I still need to do a little creative programming to isolate some of the channels to separate knobs for when the ”action” hits but other than that I can’t believe how quick I had it up and running.
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For your creative programming for when action hits. Go into tab 8 on the pps. Activate tg hold and tg blok features. Then if you're listening to multiple talkgroups on a knob and the action hits, you can hold on 1 talkgroup
Thanks for the heads up on the tab 8 TG HOLD/TG BLOK settings. Came in handy last night during a 15 minute long pursuit. Listening to Toledo OH. and a total of 3 counties. Toledo alone is non-stop radio traffic. I've run the radio probably 10-11 hours straight and still haven't been able to stay awake long enough to run out of battery life.
One question, in tab D-6 what happens to a channel if you don't drag it into the priority or non-priority list? For example you brought it over from a download then realized you don't need that particular channel. Can you just leave it out there?
One question, in tab D-6 what happens to a channel if you don't drag it into the priority or non-priority list? For example you brought it over from a download then realized you don't need that particular channel. Can you just leave it out there?
llzel
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Your talk group ID list can grow to many. I have 136 TGID's and some I have programmed in knob positions and some I don't. I actually have a few TGID's on multiple knob positions. I never knew about the D8 TG Hold, I'll have to look into further.
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