Hello- I'm a first time poster from Anderson county Tennessee. I hope to retire soon and get back into scanning the local public safety agencies in my area. I have been away from listening since most went digital and my old scanners didn't work. I am saving money to buy a SDS200. I'm not sure if there are a lot of simulcast in my county or not, is the SDS200 a good choice or overkill? Broadcastify works good here, I would like to know what equipment my local broadcaster has. Also, I am not reading about many ordering direct from Uniden, is there a downside to this? Thanks for your help, Doug.
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BinaryMode
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This is your county: Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN) Trunking System, Various, Multi-State
If you put your cursor over "MODE" you can see what TE or D, etc mean.
It's a P25 phase II system which usually means simulcast, though I don't know if phase II automatically makes it simulcast. But you do have what indicates as some sites that are simulcast. I'm sure you've read the SDS line of scanners works best with simulcast.
Whether you purchase direct from Uniden or another vendor is on you. For me, price dictates where I buy my stuff at. On the other hand, if you purchase a DMR or NXDN upgrade I'd do so direct from Uniden. Reason being is it's usually cheaper.
If you put your cursor over "MODE" you can see what TE or D, etc mean.
It's a P25 phase II system which usually means simulcast, though I don't know if phase II automatically makes it simulcast. But you do have what indicates as some sites that are simulcast. I'm sure you've read the SDS line of scanners works best with simulcast.
Whether you purchase direct from Uniden or another vendor is on you. For me, price dictates where I buy my stuff at. On the other hand, if you purchase a DMR or NXDN upgrade I'd do so direct from Uniden. Reason being is it's usually cheaper.
BinaryMode- thanks for your reply. Uniden did give me a 5% discount if I can get the money together by April 15th. Thanks again.
Welcome to the RR forums! There are two sites on the state system linked above covering Anderson County, Windrock Mountain & Oak Ridge. Neither are simulcast. Your county has mostly FDMA (mode "D") talkgroups so any scanner on this list would work OK to bring them in. You'll need a TDMA scanner to bring in any mode "T" talkgroups (not very many ID'ed for your county). If you can afford an SDS200 by all means get one, though the job can also be done with the others on the list for hundreds below the bottom line of an SDS200
@BinaryMode
P25 Phase 2 does not mean SIMULCAST most sites on TACN are MULTICAST a few are SIMULCAST.
Lesson 1 Multicast each site uses different frequencies and broadcast at the same time.
Lesson 2 SIMULCAST each site uses the SAME FREQUENCY and broadcast at the same time.
P25 Phase 2 does not mean SIMULCAST most sites on TACN are MULTICAST a few are SIMULCAST.
Lesson 1 Multicast each site uses different frequencies and broadcast at the same time.
Lesson 2 SIMULCAST each site uses the SAME FREQUENCY and broadcast at the same time.
Adding to this, Windrock Mountain is multicast. No stuttering, sputtering, locking up nor missing transmissions should be experienced here (only exceptions being fully encrypted "DE" or "TE" talkgroups). If the two subsites were simulcast then you'd likely face those symptoms due to simulcast distortion...
Thanks for more information, this opens up the shopping list and may not let as much air out of my wallet!
