I would speculate that 2/28 refers to February 28 as it's right beside 12:33P. As in, this is just showing the date and time. But don't let that stop anybody from theorizing that we should watch Uniden for something six Wednesdays from now.
Let's remember that this is clearly a render/mock-up, but if you want to speculate on the screen, talk about more than just the Connect Plus indicator:
- In the upper right of the top line, the battery (one presumes) is indicated in a percentage.
- On the red lines: System name (Fort Worth Regional Radio System), then the site name (Fort Worth Layer 1), then the system type/flavor (P25 Phase 2) and control channel frequency (857.4375). I seem to recall some folks lamenting some of these items being absent from the x36 screens.
- In the green section (ostensibly the 'Department' section), after the department (group) name, note that it says "4.227 miles 083°'. I would speculate that this points towards the department/group's lat/long location in the scanner DB. Decide what you want about where the scanner is getting its own position from in order to tell you where the department location is in comparison to you.
- In the blue section, you see the talkgroup name, service tag/type, numerical talkgroup ID, and radio ID. Below that, in purple, you see "RSSI:83" and "Range: 5 mi." The RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) is again something people have been clamoring for (though it remains to be told what this is measured in, i.e. percent, dB, or some arbitrary number). The "Range" I can only guess is again based on the location of the talkgroup in the RRDB/Uniden DB, as opposed to being some kind of RDF voodoo magic.
- Finally, you see the close call logo, PRI, WX, Stealth, V12, and S04. Everything on that line should be obvious except 'Stealth'. Perhaps that means it doesn't make alert sounds or light up when this is enabled?
There are a couple of other things I'd like to observe, more from the writeup provided on the Universal Radio page.
Lithium Ion battery included, alkaline battery cradle provided. I take this to mean a Li-Ion battery cartridge, with a similar-sized cartridge that can carry AA batteries. I just hope that this doesn't have tiny wires and Molex connectors like the old 250/296 radios did.
I believe the Li-Ion batteries would make people happy as well.
Lastly, rugged and meets JIS4 weather-resistance standards. This simply means: "Splashing water from any direction shall have no harmful effect". In other words, sounds to me like it's not much different from any other scanner I've had in modern times. All those who want titanium cases and (to borrow a line from Tesla) nuclear apocalypse proof glass, not everyone wants to pay $3000 for a scanner. My 436 does indeed have some of the text worn off the buttons and no longer has the rubber flap that used to cover the USB/GPS ports, but the housing is intact. It's been a
long time since I've had a scanner whose body has been damaged, and I use mine daily in all kinds of situations.
Anyway, if this is a hoax, I've just wasted a half-hour on analyzing this mockup. If it's not, it looks like Uniden has been listening to all the complaints and comments over the years. Patience has its rewards.
Lastly, this might be a futile ask, but can we keep the thread focused on talking about this supposed new radio, be it guesses, news, or rampant speculation, and leave out the idiots sniping at one another about who is more awesome/who does or doesn't understand what the other is saying, as well as the complaints about 'promised features missing' from other radios, and griping about whether or not to pay for features or whether or not a competitor's radio does it better?
