SDS100 Question!!

[MayportDrone]

It looks like the feed for Jacksonville Fire & Rescue is back up:

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Live Audio Feed

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Live Audio Feed on Broadcastify.com

www.broadcastify.com

However, the talkgroups on the city's system are no longer tagged as part of the Calls platform. The provider may have had PC issues, or perhaps was away on vacation & his computer crashed. If that was the case, he would not be able to check out & correct the problems until he is back in town.

Ok! I see that the JFRD says it’s “online” but there has been no audio for the past few days. Will I be able to provide a feed and those blue links if I want to stream myself from a SDS200?

 

[hiegtx]

Ok! I see that the JFRD says it’s “online” but there has been no audio for the past few days. Will I be able to provide a feed and those blue links if I want to stream myself from a SDS200?

From what I understand about setting up a feed, you could not exactly duplicate an existing feed (provided that the existing feed is still active). It would need to be different, such as the current feed has "your city" Fire Department as it's only source. However, I think (again, I'm not an expert on feed selection criteria) that you could have a feed that included 'your city' fire department, as well as the city's PD (or another nearby city's FD). Look ove this post:

Feed Provider Terms of Service - What can and cannot be broadcast

Folks, It looks like we're all a bit confused regarding the Feed provider TOS. The term "dedicated" in the TOS does not refer to the feed itself, rather the frequencies and talkgroups broadcast on the feed. The current Feed Provider TOS can be found here...

forums.radioreference.com

You might also post the question in this forum: RadioReference.com Forums

 

[hamstang]

I also have the BCD436HP. My state capitol in the neighboring county, is also simulcast. I can get it most of the time. Some(not a lot) TGIDs' don't come through. But that is a very small. I know the SDS100 is better on simulcast. But the $650 price tag isn't worth it. I keep seeing more negative than positive reviews of the SDS100.

Price isn't worth it? It is to me in Charlotte NC. Thanks for your opinion tho.

 

[Chris0516]

Price isn't worth it? It is to me in Charlotte NC. Thanks for your opinion tho.

I might entertain getting an SDS100. But only if I sell my 325p2.

 

[hamstang]

I might entertain getting an SDS100. But only if I sell my 325p2.

I struggled with a 996xt on the Charlotte simulcast system. Purchased an SDS200 in May 2019 and an SDS100 last week. I was missing a lot with the 996.

 

[MayportDrone]

I struggled with a 996xt on the Charlotte simulcast system. Purchased an SDS200 in May 2019 and an SDS100 last week. I was missing a lot with the 996.

That's the same boat im in with the 436HP. Just sold it because I wasn't picking up, it seemed like anything haha. Waiting on my SDS200 to arrive! Can't wait to see the difference. Did you have good luck with the standard retractable antenna that came with it?

 

[hamstang]

That's the same boat im in with the 436HP. Just sold it because I wasn't picking up, it seemed like anything haha. Waiting on my SDS200 to arrive! Can't wait to see the difference. Did you have good luck with the standard retractable antenna that came with it?

Yes, the standard antenna works for me. I will point out I live in a metropolitan area, and only monitor a large local 800mHz P25 simulcast system with the SDS200. I'm sure I'm close to most if not all the towers I'm monitoring.

 

[MayportDrone]

Yes, the standard antenna works for me. I will point out I live in a metropolitan area, and only monitor a large local 800mHz P25 simulcast system with the SDS200. I'm sure I'm close to most if not all the towers I'm monitoring.

Yes! Great to hear! Me too also. Big metro city and I am close (within 5 miles of about 4 towers).