SDS-200 Metro New Jersey Review -
After chasing down the UPS truck like a mental patient I got my Uniden SDS-200, I ordered from Scanner Master hands down the best in the biz as they set up, optimize, update database and firmware along with programming 1 county, you can do all of these yourself but I am lazy and challenged when it comes to stuff like this, The programming cable is different to keep things tidy I wish the Uniden would have kept it to only having to use one program cable for the X36 and SDS models only a small ***** no biggie, I downloaded my systems which are well north of 225 and went to work monitoring, The radio is excellent on all bands and I am receiving counties system I have never received before such as Morris County TRS and Somerset County TRS, I live in Western Hudson County so besides the crap coming out of the Newark area and the mountain to the west in the past with other radios it was impossible to hear those western systems. I was underwhelmed by the size of the radio it looks bigger from the videos, navigating was an initial challenge but thanks to the Scanner Master Videos on set up and a quick review I as off to the races. I would purchase another SDS-200 in a heartbeat, by the way, I did get the DMR and NXDN upgrades, the DMR sounds very good there was no need to mess with any of the settings. I hope this short reviewed help especially with those on the fence. - Tony
After chasing down the UPS truck like a mental patient I got my Uniden SDS-200, I ordered from Scanner Master hands down the best in the biz as they set up, optimize, update database and firmware along with programming 1 county, you can do all of these yourself but I am lazy and challenged when it comes to stuff like this, The programming cable is different to keep things tidy I wish the Uniden would have kept it to only having to use one program cable for the X36 and SDS models only a small ***** no biggie, I downloaded my systems which are well north of 225 and went to work monitoring, The radio is excellent on all bands and I am receiving counties system I have never received before such as Morris County TRS and Somerset County TRS, I live in Western Hudson County so besides the crap coming out of the Newark area and the mountain to the west in the past with other radios it was impossible to hear those western systems. I was underwhelmed by the size of the radio it looks bigger from the videos, navigating was an initial challenge but thanks to the Scanner Master Videos on set up and a quick review I as off to the races. I would purchase another SDS-200 in a heartbeat, by the way, I did get the DMR and NXDN upgrades, the DMR sounds very good there was no need to mess with any of the settings. I hope this short reviewed help especially with those on the fence. - Tony