Hi all,
So I have had a whistler 1040 now for about a year and a half. It was my first digital scanner. Around my area Niagara county New York there is P25 phase 1 simulcast. I am on the outer edge of this county and I have to say the whistler picks it up pretty decent. Once in a while some transmissions are choppy or garbled or may miss a transmission. I would say 90% of the time everything is pretty clear so I am assuming I may live in a good spot. I do wish to upgrade though to a Uniden bcd 996p2 or bcd325p2 as some experienced folks say the Unidens decode digital better than the whistlers. I can only assume that if the whistler picks up the simulcast pretty decent then the Unidens should be the same or maybe a bit better even though these are not made for simulcast. Don’t have the cash for an sds model. Anyone have experience with both these bcd models. The base seems nice with a big display but the handheld seems fairly tiny even compared to the whistler. I’m assuming they are exactly the same one is just handheld. Thx
So I have had a whistler 1040 now for about a year and a half. It was my first digital scanner. Around my area Niagara county New York there is P25 phase 1 simulcast. I am on the outer edge of this county and I have to say the whistler picks it up pretty decent. Once in a while some transmissions are choppy or garbled or may miss a transmission. I would say 90% of the time everything is pretty clear so I am assuming I may live in a good spot. I do wish to upgrade though to a Uniden bcd 996p2 or bcd325p2 as some experienced folks say the Unidens decode digital better than the whistlers. I can only assume that if the whistler picks up the simulcast pretty decent then the Unidens should be the same or maybe a bit better even though these are not made for simulcast. Don’t have the cash for an sds model. Anyone have experience with both these bcd models. The base seems nice with a big display but the handheld seems fairly tiny even compared to the whistler. I’m assuming they are exactly the same one is just handheld. Thx