Prime deal TRX-2
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I always used whistler stuff and like it. But for a base unit a $40 dollar dongle and DSD+FL will do more for $40! That is assuming you have some kind of computer.
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And computer skills.
Its not plug and play.
Its not plug and play.
You have your location set as Saratoga County, NY. The trunked system listed for your county has two sites, both of which are labeled as 'simulcast'. The TRX-2 (or it's handheld sibling, the TRX-1) does not handle simulcast well. Simulcast distortion is very location driven. You might get lucky & have no problems. Or, you might be dead in the water receiving your home county system.
rhodester
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Never said i bought one.Posting for others looking to buy one.
Understood. But that precaution still applies to anyone considering one of the TRX series scanners. Take a close look at your local systems before pulling the trigger on a purchase.
cherubim
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A cheap $40 dongle will give terrible performance. These dongles don't have any filtering and shielding so performance will be limited to strong broadcast station reception and not much else. You need a more expensive dongle to get DSD+ to work properly.
DeoVindice
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SDRTrunk and DSD+ work just fine with a cheap RTL-SDR dongle. I was a bit shocked, performance is actually better than my 996XT. They really can replace more conventional scanners in certain applications.
You may have noise floor/RFI issues.
CycleSycho
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Please next time, say in the post your "for information only" in the body. This way ppl understand your reason for posting. Thank you. .
rhodester
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Most deals iv'e seen posted on here they didn't indicate weather they bought it or not.But for me it's different?
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Well that's really subjective. If you only want to listen to your town and surrounding town's law enforcement and fire departments a cheap $40 stick, 64GB or 128gb thumb drive to save recordings to, and an older business class computer do a fine job. Exactly the setup I've been running for almost a year straight nonstop now. I run mine in my basement with a Laird mag mount antenna stuck inside the basement window on the metal frame-works fine.
Now I'm curious though, which cheap stick do you have experience using? If it was RTL-SDR, are you sure you got a legitimate one off of their Amazon listing? There are a lot of cheap clones out there that perform terribly
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