Cruiseomatic
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Currently have a BCD325P2 monitoring TxWarn and it does fine for the most part minus one site.
Given that it is only one site that I'm aware of, and the problem site usually shows signs of weak signal with P25 decode rate always changing and hard to get a lock where it needs to be, High error rate when a TG does manage to get through resulting in garbled audio, etc... I think it is an LSM issue even though no other sites use the same frequencies on this system.
Its not an antenna issue as I have a Laird 800mhz stubby that performs just as good as the tall RS model and looks more professional.
I hear the SDS series is the only radio that can perform equal to a subscriber radios for problems like this. But are terrible at analog reception.
I do occasionally listen to amateur bands and analog frequencies. But would love to no longer play musical spots trying to get that one site.
Would love to get a SDS100 for the durability, LSM solution, P25 performance, Etc... But not sure if it is worth the $650+ tag to go with it.
There are a ton of issues I have with this P2 but most I can live with for now if the price is coming down on the 100.
I'm used to my old APX7000 when I worked for the local PD and how its was a damn brick that worked like nothing phased it and could handle anything. I understand its a $2,500 radio also and I got the P2 for $250 used online.
My biggest issue is performance though. Battery life is terrible and that site always having problems is killing me.
What should I do and other than size and physical appearance, What are all the differences in the SDS100 and 200? Quite a large cost difference in the two putting the 200 around $700.
Thanks.
Given that it is only one site that I'm aware of, and the problem site usually shows signs of weak signal with P25 decode rate always changing and hard to get a lock where it needs to be, High error rate when a TG does manage to get through resulting in garbled audio, etc... I think it is an LSM issue even though no other sites use the same frequencies on this system.
Its not an antenna issue as I have a Laird 800mhz stubby that performs just as good as the tall RS model and looks more professional.
I hear the SDS series is the only radio that can perform equal to a subscriber radios for problems like this. But are terrible at analog reception.
I do occasionally listen to amateur bands and analog frequencies. But would love to no longer play musical spots trying to get that one site.
Would love to get a SDS100 for the durability, LSM solution, P25 performance, Etc... But not sure if it is worth the $650+ tag to go with it.
There are a ton of issues I have with this P2 but most I can live with for now if the price is coming down on the 100.
I'm used to my old APX7000 when I worked for the local PD and how its was a damn brick that worked like nothing phased it and could handle anything. I understand its a $2,500 radio also and I got the P2 for $250 used online.
My biggest issue is performance though. Battery life is terrible and that site always having problems is killing me.
What should I do and other than size and physical appearance, What are all the differences in the SDS100 and 200? Quite a large cost difference in the two putting the 200 around $700.
Thanks.