Hey, I thought this was a Whistler thread, not Uniden?
Hey everybody,
I know I'm still relatively new here, but I wanted to chime in, since Bill was trying to decide about a Whistler vs. Uniden scanner. I know price is an object, as it was for me. So what I did was to buy a really cheap PSR-800 (the Grecom version of the WS1080). IIRC, I got it on eBay for under $200, in late 2016. I didn't quite know what to do with it since GRE went under, but when I found the news about the Whistler upgrade on RR, I leaped at it. It took only a week for Whistler to return my PSR-800/WS1080 to me.Since I've had it, I've used it a lot, and so far it's a nice handheld scanner.
I live in the Houston suburbs, and have it programmed to my local PD/FD, county sheriff and nearby cities, plus the local airport. For what I paid for this scanner, to get Phase 1 and 2, and now DMR, it's a total steal.
I do have a couple of gripes, that the speaker could be louder, and their documentation leaves a lot to be desired. However, for a low cost alternative, you can't beat finding a low-cost PSR-800/Pro-668 and paying Whistler to upgrade it for $60. Sure, it doesn't have a numeric keypad, but EZ Scan + the RR database makes it a snap to program and listen.
The Uniden HP scanners are nice too (but expensive), but if you can find a cheap PSR-800/Pro-668, I'd recommend that route for you.