I keep seeing the Whistler unit being compared to the SDS series. The Whistler was never supposed to compete with that series. A more accurate comparison would be to compare the TRX2 to the BCD 536, or even compare the 536 to the SDS series. Not so much a Whistler fan boy but I think apples should be compared with apples.
What I originally set out to do was show that Uniden's alleged "True I/Q digital tech" was a scam to sell their product. We were all waiting for Whistler to come out with their "True I/Q" equivalent scanner only to have them cancel it. My theory was that Whistler was JUST AS GOOD as Uniden at decoding digital signals and Uniden was simply using a Marketing ploy by calling their digital decode something "new."
The video was actually the first time I had ever had both scanners running together side by side. My original plan was to run the Whistler on the beam antenna then run the SDS100 on the beam antenna to show that the signals were being decoded just as well by both scanners.
It came as a huge surprise to me that even with the Whistler hooked up to the beam 60' in the air, the Uniden was picking up more signals than the Whistler with just it's rubber duck. This was even more impressive considering that I live in a literal forest of 1500 70' tall oak trees surrounding my house! It would be safe to say that the Uniden was picking up a lot of those weak signals on reflection bouncing around in my woods.
This sold me on the Uniden and converted me over to their scanners, which I've always hated in the past.