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Anyone familiar with this situation…
I know Division 2 is migrating to a phase 2 P25 system. I have a Uniden 536 that is absolutely deaf on phase 2 systems unless I’m VERY close to a tower or pointing a yagi at one. Mobile is just a non starter. I know why this particular radio can’t handle it. It’s made me hate digital simulcasts. I love the ability to use the app as a “remote head” though and it plays well with the analogue Snohomish County system. As limited and under-developed the app is I wish they’d offer that connectivity on the SDS200. I’m considering some good options to “remote head” it though, also I hear Scanner Master will have a hardware solution soon, I’m sure I’ll have to take a second mortgage on the house to pick it up… but it looks, at this early stage, to be a viable option. I can’t wait to see when it’s available and the cost.
I didn’t intend to tell you my whole story… but there it is.
Back to my original question. Since WSP Division 2 is/has migrated to phase 2 is the VHF simulcast gone? I haven’t tried to monitor it in a few months. But I’m sitting here in Bellevue/Factoria with an excellent and very capable XTS5000 programmed perfectly and there’s absolutely no traffic in either King North or South. I’m hearing Snohomish County Division 7 just fine from the same location.
My head has been scratched… a lot.
I know Division 2 is migrating to a phase 2 P25 system. I have a Uniden 536 that is absolutely deaf on phase 2 systems unless I’m VERY close to a tower or pointing a yagi at one. Mobile is just a non starter. I know why this particular radio can’t handle it. It’s made me hate digital simulcasts. I love the ability to use the app as a “remote head” though and it plays well with the analogue Snohomish County system. As limited and under-developed the app is I wish they’d offer that connectivity on the SDS200. I’m considering some good options to “remote head” it though, also I hear Scanner Master will have a hardware solution soon, I’m sure I’ll have to take a second mortgage on the house to pick it up… but it looks, at this early stage, to be a viable option. I can’t wait to see when it’s available and the cost.
I didn’t intend to tell you my whole story… but there it is.
Back to my original question. Since WSP Division 2 is/has migrated to phase 2 is the VHF simulcast gone? I haven’t tried to monitor it in a few months. But I’m sitting here in Bellevue/Factoria with an excellent and very capable XTS5000 programmed perfectly and there’s absolutely no traffic in either King North or South. I’m hearing Snohomish County Division 7 just fine from the same location.
My head has been scratched… a lot.