My goal is to program 2 or 3 P25 systems in Michigan have the ability to toggle the systems in or out and have the ability to listen to only some talk groups within these systems and toggle those in or out and to scan multiple talk groups within a system... will this unit accomplish these goals? If I purchase a unification unit what will I miss the most that a scanner has that these do not ?
I am trying to figure out what I am gaining versus what I am giving up going from unidenn to unication and yes Simulcast distortion is the number one reason I'm considering the switch. Pardon grammar and punctuation I am using voice to text on a smartphone in poor lighting
You can program 2 or 3 systems,
but only listen to one at a time. You can only listen to P25 or conventional, not both at once.
You can program systems and TGs into knob positions (channels), 8 per zone, and use these to toggle between systems and TGs. There is no toggle, you just change knob positions.
You can scan multiple TGs but remember
there is no hold or delay.
There is a TG priority system. You can get creative with your TG priority programming to make up for this.
I have 7 fire battalions, I program into channels 1-7, and put dispatch into 8. The police have 5 PD zones I program into channels 1-5. Channel 6 is their tac channels, 7 is all PD zones, 8 is SWAT.
I set up the radio zones by department or geographically. I have a zone for each county. I routinely receive counties 40+ miles away with the stock 1 inch antenna, and inside the car. The simulcast decode and reception range is way beyond any scanner, you just have to be creative with your TG programming.
