Can you increase/decrease the scan rate and or speed on the SDS100 and 200. Specifically how fast multipule control channels?
The is no "Setting" on the scanner to increase the speed. It's a SLOW scanner.Can you increase/decrease the scan rate and or speed on the SDS100 and 200.
Keep in mind also....Can you increase/decrease the scan rate and or speed on the SDS100 and 200. Specifically how fast multipule control channels?
There is no switch or button that will slow or speed up scanning.
You can speed things up by the way you program the radio. The number of systems that you are scanning that each have a number of sites can be altered so that you are scanning the minimum amount of sites that you need. Also not scanning too many systems at one time could speed up your scanning. I can't see why you would ever want to slow up your scanning LOL.
I'm sure there will be other folks who will elaborate.
Never said it was directed towards youSorry if I offend you, I did read the other post, however, I was looking for other input, I reported the post and asked it to be removed.
Since you say simulcast is not an issue, and if it was that would be your deciding factor, you would clearly get the SDS radio. So since you're satisfied with the 436 it is just totally up to you.Sorry for the dumb question, I have looked and can't a definitive answer. I have the 436, it works great in the car, the main thing I don't like is the black and white screen. I like some of the features of the SDS100 display, however, I'm not wanting to step back in scanning speed.
I monitor the KSICS system, most of the time on two or four sites, I scan CC/ACC only, one or two departments (KHP and my local SO) in the scan bank with the site hold set at zero. Simuicast is not a problem for me.
So, now to the point, would be better off getting another 436 over the SDS100?
No no... JMC was not referring to your post, no need to remove it. You're thinking of making another purchase, you are identifying the slow scan speed on the SDS... it's basically a trade-off as the SDS radios were deliberately slowed down after initial release so as to work better secondary to the SDR chip. Apparently this is as fast as they're going to get.Sorry if I offend you, I did read the other post, however, I was looking for other input, I reported the post and asked it to be removed.
Scan speed are locked at a 45ch/s rate and a BCD436 has 80ch/s. But if you only scan trunked systems it doesn't matter as each control channel makes the scanner stop and listen for at least 1,5 sec and if there's no active conversations it will go to next site. So it will go from one channel with CC to the next one with CC and then stop there for another 1,5 sec. Then it doesn't matter if you scan rate are 5ch/s or 100ch/s. When you scan conventional systems, digital or analog, then you'll want the fastest possible scan rate.Can you increase/decrease the scan rate and or speed on the SDS100 and 200. Specifically how fast multipule control channels?
I used to only have have an SDS200 for 3 surrounding counties. Then I changed my SDS200 to scan only the local simulcast in a nearby county and bought a BCT15X to handle the VHF in my two surrounding counties (they are strictly analog). I'm amazed at how frequently both radios are picking up comms simultaneously of which I was clearly missing when the SDS was handling everything. The BCT15X is a beast on scanning analog (at least for my needs). The other nice thing is having two separate antennas specifically tuned for the lower VHF analog stuff on the 15X and the higher UHF 850MHz on the SDS200 for the simulcast.Thank you all for reply's! For sure wanted to speed up!! not slow down!! for sure.
I have the 436, it works great in the car, the main thing I don't like is the black and white screen. I like some of the features of the SDS100 display, however, I'm not wanting to step back in scanning speed.
My fully lit SDS100 takes 750mAH and a totally black screen makes it go down to 725mAH. A 4% difference. Instead of 7 hours of use you get 7 hours an 20 minutes with the display totally blacked out.That's especially important if you dim the screen to save the battery.