I have a NOAA weather station 90 miles from me. My SDS100 will receive it fine, though not super strong, and is the only receiver i have that gets a readable copy of the signal. If this is any comparison, the 150 is gonna be a banger! (I can hear the drooling!)
New Uniden Scanner announcement at SEMA 2025
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Bob,
It seems one mischievous kitten has slipped out of the bag (SDS150), however far from the whole rambunctious litter, but enough to cause a bit of whisker-twitching. My deepest apologies for the premature peek; we're still herding the full specs back into the basket. That said, I'll share what we can confirm at this stage.
🐈🐈⬛......And we're just only scratching at what little there is to meow about.....😽
(Sorry, not sorry...... 😸)
Why is one taller than the other?
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Did you read the posted release in this thread POST #2?
It is a new case new features. Read post #2
It is a new case new features. Read post #2
Genetics.....
Interesting. Don’t they belong to the same family?
Eh, one of my kids is way taller than the other one so there's that...
Apparently it's all in how you use the thing. I only had one (SDS 100) for a couple of weeks or a little longer and I personally, in the way I would have used the thing, was not happy with the VHF reception I got on it at my location or around the county I do a lot of traveling in. I don't buy hand held devices to hook up to external antenna's for use "on the road", and it just didn't work right for me. At home I have other devices to handle most the VHF stuff so not too concerned with how it actually works in the house.
The comparison shown here, between the SDS 150 and SDS 100, has at least got my attention now, that was honestly something. Only time will tell after its release and it's out in the wild what people think of it. That was pretty good of @jasonhouk to take the time to make that for us.
Now it's going to be up to price point, and some after release testing by others that had the same concerns about VHF analog to see what happens.
This sums it up very well. Like you, I don't use my "portable" scanner as a "desktop" and instead have many SDS 200's that do the job as I need. I'm one of them who can use the SDS 100 on the road and receive VHF very well, no complaints. I've owned other "portable" scanners over the years, and never have expected them to perform as a commercial radio or had high expectations on the range. With the SDS 100 (and probably the SDS 150), filter settings will need to be modified per site or department. That's where many have been confused over the years, as to how to truly program the scanner and not expect the Global Auto Filter (which has been eliminated in the 150) to fix all the issues. My 436hp had to have copper tape across the battery compartment to receive the 460mhz. frequencies, and the 396T and 396XT had programming limitations, which I was able to work around. Fortunately, many systems around me or what I listen to have converted to digital or trunking and the SDS line works best. Be patient, it will be released probably in the first quarter of 2026. Since the FCC is shut down, I believe it has to go through a process before it's mass produced and released to the public as other "new" scanners have.
Oh I'm patient, I said earlier in this thread, at this time it wasn't even on my long distance radar. That being said, it's moved a little closer to the center of my radar after seeing the VHF test that was provided. Like you, much of my listening is on a simulcast system(s) but I have little use for the scanner there, I have 3 Unication pagers that serve that purpose just fine. (that would be a whole different post). I still have however, the desire to perhaps carry one less device on occasion (trips for instance) that might suffice for both simulcast, VHF, UHF DMR, (yes with an upgrade is fine) and other things. On rare occasions the zip code stuff has come in handy for spur of the moment things when I didn't have time to program a unicaiton for that area or my other scanners. Only time will tell how this is all going to play out.
I have a plethora of different devices to listen VHF hi, aircraft, etc, at home so I'm not too worried about anything when I'm actually at home. A single device that might work for an impromptu trip however, is appealing to me. I guess depending on the area and what's available and what's not, that obviously would play into it also.
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And tariffs needs to settle down before anything can be imported from Unidens China and Vietnam factories. Have Trump even talked to general Luong in Vietnam and come to an agreement? It's currently a 20% tariff on goods from Vietnam and if components comes from China it will be 40% on those if they pass thru Vietnam.
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Huge improvement! What would be interesting to know is if the SDS150 gets very warm like the SDS100 does.
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There needs to be confirmation of the RF design(unlikely),due to current problems. Yes superhero would be better,as Whistler do.If still sdr front end, complain all we like it's now to near production to just go back to the drawing board. From what we can see Jason & the boys are doing extensive real world trials & things do sound positive. At the end of the day,there is going to be users with very complex RF situations that a hobby radio will not fix.Much is down to cost,it will be as good as the market price can stand.
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If you do not watch Fox News China Tariffs were just cut big time by Trump.
Bluetooth does not natively “output” protocol data in human-readable formats like XML during normal operation.
You’ll need to sniff the packets and rendering them as XML or other structures.
I’m sure this makes sense to a lot of users as well as @ProScan
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I have a question about AM airband. Often, I have audio issues with civil air, the worst being the frequent popping sound when the transmitter drops key. It’s annoying enough that I run a BC125AT in my car for Airband and an SDS100 for everything else.
How does the 150 compare to the 100 on AM civil air?
How does the 150 compare to the 100 on AM civil air?
Bottom line: The SDS150 isn’t “taller by birth.” It’s taller by design — a deliberate, temporary growth spurt during development. Uniden engineered every extra millimeter for real-world testing… then cut the fat to deliver the sleek, compact SDS150
No genetics. Just good engineering.