Jay911 said:
My experience has been limited to the 396, as, as I've said elsewhere, the power cable on my 996 has taken this opportunity to fail.
However, on the 396, conversations are actually
intelligible now, and CPS is worth monitoring again.
I need to figure out if I have some other cig lighter adapter that will give the 996 the same juice that the stock one will.. I need to hear this with a real antenna and multi-site trunking...
Yesturday in Edmonton I did the following test:
Uniden's firmware update test: Edmonton EDACS System
I put 4 radios side-by-side. A 996T with firmware update and one without. A 396T with firmware update and one without.
The first test I performed I had all 4 radios scanning a list of 5 EPS talkgroups. I basically counted 100 transmission.
Only tranmission without any post trailing buzz or delays were counted as successful
Radio 1) 996 without firmware update 93 out of 100
Radio 2) 996 with firmware update 100 out of 100
Radio 3) 396 without firmware update 96 out of 100
Radio 4) 396 with firmware update 100 out of 100
My second test I put a EPS talkgroup on hold and counted 100 transmissions and...
Radio 1) 996 without firmware 97 out of 100
Radio 2) 996 with firmware update 100 out of 100
Radio 3) 396 without firmware update 92 out of 100
Radio 4) 396 with firmware update 100 out of 100
Done from North Edmonton using stalk antennas.
I did one more test (mobile) traveling along a heavy RF congestion zone testing only two radios scanning 5 EPS talkgroups and counted roughly 100 transmissions
Radio 1) 396 without firmware 76 out of 100
Radio 2) 396 with firmware update 98 out of 100
I really noticed the difference between updated firmware and not while mobile
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