I am a Spokane County, Washington resident and am seriously thinking about buying a uniden Sds200. My only worry is the police will go to full encryption and my scanner will be obsolete in the near future. I currently listen to scanner 5.0 nightly here, but can’t tune out AMR and fire which is very annoying. Any opinions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
The $767 question
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Move ? We All suffer from the same dilemma, so we try to find alternative radio interests such as Rail, Aircraft, Military, Marine, Gmrs, Murs and Fire/rescue.
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It really depends on your area. Right now I receive limited police traffic in Orange and Seminole County. But as previously noted, there are still lots of things to listen to. I have a local university, public works agencies, city bus routes as well as some fire and EMS that are very active. I get weak, but still some aviation as I am located between 3 airports. It's all fun to listen to and beats leaving the news stations on in the background since you get all this unfiltered.
Now, is this worth $700+ for the radio(you'll be buying antennas and other stuff not to mention DMR, NXDN and waterfall upgrades for your radio). Oh yea, programming software like Proscan and I'd suggest getting a premium sub to RR.
If I get a year or more of enjoyment out of this, it will have been worth the money and time. But your milage may vary.
Now, is this worth $700+ for the radio(you'll be buying antennas and other stuff not to mention DMR, NXDN and waterfall upgrades for your radio). Oh yea, programming software like Proscan and I'd suggest getting a premium sub to RR.
If I get a year or more of enjoyment out of this, it will have been worth the money and time. But your milage may vary.
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While enc can happen at any time, research is always advisable prior to making a large purchase.
Looks like your a new member here on this site. You should look in your states forum and see if there is any mention of enc for the systems you monitor. It could already be in the works. If you know anyone that works for the agencies you wish to monitor, have they heard anything?
Another thing to consider is what would you want to listen to? There is DMR, P25 and NXDN listed in that county. Addition paid upgrades are required for DMR, NXDN and Provoice (which does not look to be in use in that county).
| Airway Heights Corrections Center | Project 25 Phase I | Various |
| Avista Utilities | MPT-1327 Standard | Various |
| Community Colleges of Spokane | NXDN NEXEDGE 4800 | Spokane |
| Day Wireless (DMR) | DMR Tier 3 Capacity Max | Various |
| Day Wireless UHF | LTR Standard | Spokane |
| Eastern Washington University | NXDN NEXEDGE 9600 | Cheney |
| Gonzaga University | NXDN NEXEDGE 4800 | Spokane |
| Huntwood Industries | LTR Standard | Liberty Lake |
| Justice Integrated Wireless Network | Project 25 Phase II | Various |
| Meadowwood Partnership | LTR Standard | Liberty Lake |
| Mobile Talk Wireless | NXDN NEXEDGE 4800 | Various |
| Northern Quest Casino | DMR Motorola Capacity Plus Multi Site (TRBO) | Airway Heights |
| Pacific NorthWest DMR | DMR Conventional Networked | Various |
| Providence Medical Centers | DMR Conventional Networked | Various |
| Spokane Regional Emergency Communications System | Project 25 Phase I | Spokane |
| Spokane Transit Authority | Project 25 Phase II | Spokane |
| Spokane Tribe Casino | NXDN NEXEDGE 4800 | Airway Heights |
| TRBOWEST (WA-OR-ID-CA) | DMR Motorola Connect Plus (TRBO) | Various |
| United States Air Force (57C) | Project 25 Phase I | Multiple |
| Washington Department of Transportation (P25) | Project 25 Phase II | Various |
| Wiztronics Inc | NXDN NEXEDGE 4800 | Various |
So now add $150 to the $767 because o would want to hear casino security on DMR and NXDN.
Where do you get $767 from?
The NAC of a system near him?
My guess, somewhere charging 9.73% tax
Before Tax Price: $699.00
Sale Tax: 9.73% or $68.00
After Tax Price: $767.00
Directly from Uniden, DMR and NXDN are only about $110.....
(And the casinos in Humboldt County, CA do use DMR, NXDN and P25..... I've heard them....)
Sounds like California's sales tax..... It's high here....My guess, somewhere charging 9.73% tax
Before Tax Price: $699.00
Sale Tax: 9.73% or $68.00
After Tax Price: $767.00
Scannermaster with 2 counties programmed
Scannermaster is $150 but you pay no tax
If you are willing to wait until mid-May, a lot of the radio vendors have a big sale during the Dayton Hamvention, and often the sale prices are extended to online sales during that time (i.e., you don't have to be at the show to get at least some of the deals). If you were to buy the scanner while it's on sale, combined with the strong resale value that those scanners seem to have, you'd probably be able to sell it later if you want to without feeling too much pain.
I would save that programming fee as the scanner already has the complete Radio Reference database in it.
It does? So the programming does me no good?
No, and you need to learn about your scanner so when things get added, changed, or deleted, you can get in there and make the necessary changes. Frankly to me, it would be a waste of money.
I don’t have a computer though. So I can’t use the sentinel software. Does that matter?
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Well put these (SDS100 & SDS200) sell very high compared to other radios/rigs
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