SDS100/SDS200: Sacrilege! Can you turn OFF smart-iq?

[nanZor]

Re: battery saving on the SDS series - man I'm itching to get one ...

But, just wondering - we know that listening to say just conventional stuff is a bit easier on the current draw than say monitoring a trunked digital system. If simulcast was not an issue, yet you still wanted an SDS regardless, I wonder if the ability to turn off smart-iq would result in extended battery life?

I'm just not sure that's even possible, or may have no bearing on battery life at all, so totally theoretical query ...

 

[jonwienke]

I/Q refers to the digital signal demodulating algorithm that allows the scanner to handle simulcast and multipath signals without choking.

No, you can't turn off the digital receiver. At least not without shutting the scanner off. The SDS100 does all of its signal processing downstream of the IF digitally, in software. It doesn't have an analog demodulator.