Ed6698
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Well sorry some of us find another radio better then the 436.I don't like the display, the keypad, the poor SD card holder, and that it only uses 3 batteries.
PSR-800: PSR-800 vs BCD436HP
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I can't memorize all of the configuration in my 436 and keeping track of a cheat sheet is a recipe for failure for me. I prefer finding what I need in the WS1080s display. No memory or paperwork is needed.
i do not like the 1080 i wound never buy a radio you have to have a computer with you sometimes i am out in the field or i am traveling and someone calls out a freq sorry can not put it in the radio
just my opinion.
just my opinion.
fourthhorseman
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I forgot about that..the GIANT P-I-T-A to modify the lists...I would have kept my 800 if it had a keypad...
Ed6698
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I wonder why I can do it on my 1080 without a computer then. This was explained to you by someone else responding to your comment about this in another thread.
This is why I just disregard the ***** that is posted cause people from the pro Uniden camp just come over here to raise crap. It would be the same as me going to the Uniden forums and spout off how great the Whistler 1080 is.
If you do not know what you are talking about (amazingly common) and do not even own the scanner being talked about .. sometimes it is just better to say nothing cause it makes you look like an *** . :wink:
Ed6698
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I agree with you. Even if we did go to their forums and bad mouthed the radios, those threads would be closed or all the comments deleted. Makes me wonder how they even have the time to come over to the GRE/Whistler section considering that their sections are over run with never ending issue after issue. It is so bad over there some times they argue with each other or just try to run them off.
Seriously? Have you read many of the Uniden threads? I don't see anything deleted - ever. Threads are only closed if they are duplicates.
On the issue at hand, I see the 800 as more of a "program it ahead of time" scanner, as adding things in the field is very difficult compared to the x36 line that has a keypad. Same can be said for the PSR-500 - much easier to program in the field.
On the system performance, Uniden will sound better on some - Whistler better on others. It also depends heavily on location relative to the sites.
The advice I always give people, and the best I can cite here, is to talk to people in your area who have one model or the other and see which one works better for the specific system(s) you want to monitor.
Ed6698
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I don't have any difficulty adding or editing anything due to lack of keyboard, nor do I really see anyone else complain about it. I actually like it better then the 500 in that aspect IMO.
Not to hijack the thread, but as I understand it, to add a frequency you have to program the search limits, search to the frequency you want (or close then tune some), hold it, then hit ENTER. This would be much slower than entering the frequency directly.
I've also read complaints about this exact thing, but that's neither here nor there.
I've also read complaints about this exact thing, but that's neither here nor there.
Ed6698
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I can go right to 'enter frequency' and put it in, no searching, holding. I input it directly. Not difficult at all.
No problems entering conventional freqs or anything "in the field" on my WS1080. Best Scanner I've ever owned since 1975
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How do you "input it directly" without a numeric keypad?
Ed6698
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By using the cursor up and down, left and right. It is not difficult at all, basically can do it with 1 button with just my thumb, instead of a entire keypad.
WS1080. :0)
@Voyager- it's faster than you think. The up down/left right arrows IN the menu settings let you choose the numbers. A lot of the time the number is already close to the one you're punching in and you don't have to spend hardly anytime selecting it. It's no different in time of you hunting and pecking, looking for the correct # on a field full of buttons. I don't miss the number pads at all. Sure, you have to then assign it to a scan list OR just hit enter and let it go into the default #001 list. The PSR-800 and WS1080 were the better scanner for me over the Uniden 436HP because
1.Digital sounds better to my ears on the WS1080. I've listened to countless Youtube videos of the old PSR-800 and new 436HP. I like the WS1080 better
2. The MicroSD card has a MUCH easier access than the 436HP with that "sliding?" metal door?
3. The WS1080 has 4 AA batteries instead of only 3 for the 436HP.
4. Great reception. I hear freqs from One county over very well on 155.00 and 470.000
5. WS1080 Screen is more to my liking instead of that curved plastic on the 436HP that causes reflections unless you're looking at it directly. And isn't 3 levels of information.
@Voyager- it's faster than you think. The up down/left right arrows IN the menu settings let you choose the numbers. A lot of the time the number is already close to the one you're punching in and you don't have to spend hardly anytime selecting it. It's no different in time of you hunting and pecking, looking for the correct # on a field full of buttons. I don't miss the number pads at all. Sure, you have to then assign it to a scan list OR just hit enter and let it go into the default #001 list. The PSR-800 and WS1080 were the better scanner for me over the Uniden 436HP because
1.Digital sounds better to my ears on the WS1080. I've listened to countless Youtube videos of the old PSR-800 and new 436HP. I like the WS1080 better
2. The MicroSD card has a MUCH easier access than the 436HP with that "sliding?" metal door?
3. The WS1080 has 4 AA batteries instead of only 3 for the 436HP.
4. Great reception. I hear freqs from One county over very well on 155.00 and 470.000
5. WS1080 Screen is more to my liking instead of that curved plastic on the 436HP that causes reflections unless you're looking at it directly. And isn't 3 levels of information.
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For the PSR-800 you don't have the option of manually entering a frequency. You can only store it from a custom search.
Correct!
I use my psr800 for the 800 system to record new talk groups. I use 436 to listen around the house when not in bedroom can't carry the 536 around. Yea the 800 you can't program any freq when you are out of a computer reach
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