Whistler TRX-2 Availibility

[tsalmrsystemtech]

Maybe this has already been discussed but I am not able to find any of these radios lately. Does anybody know what is going on with Whistler or their supply chain issues?

Everyone and Everybody is completely out of stock....

 

[buddrousa]

DMR MOTOTRBO Digital Trunking Police Scanner Whistler TRX-2 P25 X2-TDMA

Desktop DMR MotoTRBO Digital Trunking Police Scanner

theantennafarm.com

 

[KT4HX]

I am not certain Antenna Farm still has the TRX-2 in stock. Since they are still closed and not re-opening until next month, while you can add things to your cart, you cannot view the cart or order. Things are sort of on hold there until their grand re-opening. You might try reaching out to them, but don't know if they are responsive to queries just yet.

 

[buddrousa]

You can reach out to these 2 members that I would buy from old listings but not marked as sold.

Trx-2

Mint , box scanner power cord . No data cable . used on a side stand purchased Feb 2022. zero issues ,has screen protector still on the screen from factory $400 shipped PayPal only unless local then cash upon pickup .

forums.radioreference.com

Whistler TRX-2

Scanner is in nice condition. All the accessories are included. Asking $375 Shipped or best offer.

forums.radioreference.com

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Consider the Uniden SDS200 instead. Yeah they're about $50.00 more but they handle simulcast distortion properly (not sure if a factor for you) and have nice bells and whistles like a full color display. One drawback is DMR & NXDN aren't supported out of the box like on the TRX-2 but everyone and their mama has the SDS200 in stock

 

[RaleighGuy]

Maybe this has already been discussed but I am not able to find any of these radios lately. Does anybody know what is going on with Whistler or their supply chain issues?

Consider the Uniden SDS200 instead. Yeah they're about $50.00 more but they handle simulcast distortion properly (not sure if a factor for you) and have nice bells and whistles like a full color display. One drawback is DMR & NXDN aren't supported out of the box like on the TRX-2 but everyone and their mama has the SDS200 in stock

It has been discussed with both Uniden and Whistler, chalk it up to supply chain issues and difficulties getting chips now adays (ie- SDRs changing to V4 chip).

As @Whiskey3JMC said, DMR and NXDN aren't included out of the box, but when you do upgrade to them they do true tracking on trunked systems, compared to Whistler scanners which only scan the voice frequencies and don't follow talkgroups.

 

[Ubbe]

compared to Whistler scanners which only scan the voice frequencies and don't follow talkgroups.

They do follow talkgroups, by quickly scanning active voice time slots for the talkgroup you are monitoring. It will be a slower process than control channel trunking so will be dependent of how often a call jumps between time slots and how many other slots that are active with calls. It's something like 150ms scan time per frequency that have an active voice slot but if one voice frequency are not carrying any calls in both slots then it is scanned at 15ms and control/data slots are skipped in less than 60ms.

Usually a call will stay in the same time slot over a whole conversation so it will only be the initial scan that takes time. If a site has 6 DMR frequencies, 12 slots, and one are a control channel in a CAP+ or DMR III system and there are 6 active calls, it will in worse case take up to one second to start monitoring.

/Ubbe

 

[buddrousa]

But Ubbe tell the truth scanning VOICE CHANNELS is not the same as DECODING THE DATA CHANNEL AND TRACKING TG's as mine has missed calls on a very big system.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

So overall I have two SDS-200 radios and my BCD996P2 took a dump. The only reason I do not want to get another BCD996P2 is because the decoding of Phase I and Phase II TDMA systems are horrible. The rest of the radio is great. This is why I was looking into the TRX-2 since it already has NXDN and DMR features already added. I just wanted to keep it mixed up.

But if the TRX-2 is not worth the money then please just tell me to pass and I will take the advice of people that have them. Not sure of any other brand that can handle LSM then just the SDS models at this point.

Thanks for your help and guidance as I read thru all of everyones posts.

 

[GM]

With my experience, the TRX series of radios perform exceptionally well with DMR & NXDN decoding, especially with DMR & NXDN in simplex mode. I have not been able to figure out how to program and monitor a frequency using DMR or NXDN in simplex mode and be able to monitor it on the Uniden scanners (all of them that are capable of monitoring DMR & NXDN) like the TRX series of scanners do. Since you already have 2 SDS-200's in your arsenal, I would lean towards getting the TRX-2 for your DMR & NXDN monitoring needs. I will agree that the TRX is complete junk for monitoring P25 trunking systems that use simulcast, but their performance with DMR & NXDN for me has been pretty good.

 

[rf_patriot200]

So overall I have two SDS-200 radios and my BCD996P2 took a dump. The only reason I do not want to get another BCD996P2 is because the decoding of Phase I and Phase II TDMA systems are horrible. The rest of the radio is great. This is why I was looking into the TRX-2 since it already has NXDN and DMR features already added. I just wanted to keep it mixed up.

But if the TRX-2 is not worth the money then please just tell me to pass and I will take the advice of people that have them. Not sure of any other brand that can handle LSM then just the SDS models at this point.

Thanks for your help and guidance as I read thru all of everyones p

Maybe this has already been discussed but I am not able to find any of these radios lately. Does anybody know what is going on with Whistler or their supply chain issues?

Everyone and Everybody is completely out of stock....

I see zipscanners.com appears to have the Trx2 in stock for $649 if you're still searching ?

 

[fxdscon]

I see zipscanners.com appears to have the Trx2 in stock for $649 if you're still searching ?

TRX-2 shows out of stock on their website....

TRX-2 Whistler Police Scanner

TRX-2 "digital" police scanner from [Whistler]. TRX-2 is Whistler's best base scanner. "Uniden" & "Whistler", FREE shipping, 35,268 happy customers, #1 rated police scanner store, expert programming, best price guarantee, easy returns, lifetime tech support.

www.zipscanners.com

 

[rf_patriot200]

TRX-2 shows out of stock on their website....



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TRX-2 Whistler Police Scanner

TRX-2 "digital" police scanner from [Whistler]. TRX-2 is Whistler's best base scanner. "Uniden" & "Whistler", FREE shipping, 35,268 happy customers, #1 rated police scanner store, expert programming, best price guarantee, easy returns, lifetime tech support.

www.zipscanners.com

Nuts ! When I looked, on Thursday they said in stock . Sorry.

 

[Ubbe]

But Ubbe tell the truth scanning VOICE CHANNELS is not the same as DECODING THE DATA CHANNEL AND TRACKING TG's as mine has missed calls on a very big system.

You are correct, it is not the same as control channel trunk tracking which is much quicker in operation and there will be a significant difference when scanning a big system that are busy.

But Whistler has an advantage in their method that once it finds a call the decode always works. Uniden still has big issues to catch that a call have started from the control channel data and also dropping them in mid conversations. JoeBearcat mentioned that the decode process have been improved for all Uniden scanners so we wait for that firmware upgrade to improve the success rate of tracking calls. The problem started with the firmware version where RAS handling where introduced.

/Ubbe

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

I know since Upman passed away a few years ago the SDS models were not getting anymore love for a while with any software or firmware upgrades. As of this year or over the past few months more and more firmware updates have been rolling in and the scan rate I have seen has been faster in conventional mode. I have seen lots of improvement with these SDS-200 models for sure. Just wanted some more flavor with a TRX-2 since NXDN and DMR are added right out of the box.

I have seen some new TRX-2 models available from Europe and the UK area but not sure if its a good idea to buy those Europe models or not. The power adapter would have to be bought for the US to be-able to power up the unit. These units are the Whistler TRX-2 E models. Just not sure if its just best to wait until Whistlers supply chain issues and chip issues get resolved and get the US model. Just do not want to buy a Europe model and something is just not right with the unit and have to return it.

Does anybody know if there are major differences between the USA and the Europe E models? For sure I know the power AC cord is the big issue I do see with my own eyes. Just not sure if the units are built different and the software and the firmware are different upgrades and files. Might just be best to wait if I decide to buy one of these TRX-2 Units. I looked at the new BCD models coming out with DMR and NXDN but the radio does not do trunking and only does conventional modes. Just thought it would be a nice new unit to grab but think I will pass on this unit.

 

[buddrousa]

Here in the US in the area I live in my Unidens all run circles around my TRX-1 and TRX-2 P-25 Phase 1 and 2, NXDN and DMR.
I have 1 site that is 21 NXDN Trunking Sites and the all do not carry the same traffic the TRX-x gets lost big time there.

 

[Ubbe]

It is the exact same hardware in the E model, even the cellular band restrictions are still there. Bootloader are the same and you can load either US or the E version of firmware to both the US and the E scanner. The EZ-Scan program are different though.

/Ubbe

 

[scannerman200]

So overall I have two SDS-200 radios and my BCD996P2 took a dump. The only reason I do not want to get another BCD996P2 is because the decoding of Phase I and Phase II TDMA systems are horrible. The rest of the radio is great. This is why I was looking into the TRX-2 since it already has NXDN and DMR features already added. I just wanted to keep it mixed up.

But if the TRX-2 is not worth the money then please just tell me to pass and I will take the advice of people that have them. Not sure of any other brand that can handle LSM then just the SDS models at this point.

Thanks for your help and guidance as I read thru all of everyones posts.

What happened to your BCD996p2? As far as decoding phase 1/2, mine has always done very well.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

What happened to your BCD996p2? As far as decoding phase 1/2, mine has always done very well.

Honestly I do not know why the radio does not track Phase I or II correctly. I just know my SDS-200 has never had any trouble. Maybe the radio got old and worn out. It had a speaker issue too did not work so I sold it for parts. It had NXDN in the radio. Somebody else got the radio and fixed it and got a great radio now.

Maybe I will go back to buying a new BCD996P2 and get the NXDN and DMR loaded again and see how it works again. If this radio seems to be better than the TRX-2 for the reasons people have explained then I will most likely just stay with Uniden. My SDS-200 model is flawless

 

[Wackyracer]

Get a SDR dongle and repurpose and old computer.