Wait or get TRX 1?

[melbournefan]

Hey,

So i'm waiting to decide if I should wait for May or get the TRX1. Would there be a price drop in the TRX1 once the new one comes out?

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[Fasteddy2]

wait

Hey,

So i'm waiting to decide if I should wait for May or get the TRX1. Would there be a price drop in the TRX1 once the new one comes out?

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I would wait...

 

[tumegpc]

You can pick up a refurbished Whistler WS1088 for 275.00 https://whistlergroup.com/collections/clearance-items?page=2

I had the WS1088 and it performed just as good as the TRX-1 minus NXDN.

 

[TailGator911]

Here's my 02 cents...I would get the TRX-1 only because the kinks and quirks are pretty much dealt with and resolved and I find it to be a fantastic radio. Taking into consideration all of the difficulties most scanner manufacturers seem to go thru to get their product 'right' after it is released to the public, I myself am going to wait and watch the forums and the general opinions about the new Uniden before I pull the trigger. I have bought brand new-released radio products impulsively quite a few times only to pack them up a month later to be serviced or upgraded.

Until then, I am very happy with my TRX-1, it is possibly the best handheld scanner I have owned since the BD200XLT came out way back when ... when things were simple.

JD
kf4anc

 

[BrianG61UK]

What's coming in May?

 

[TailGator911]

Brian, I assume the OP is referring to the Uniden SDS-100 digital scanner that is due to be released here in a couple of months.

 

[devicelab]

What's coming in May?

Dayton.

 

[Ed6698]

There was a post back a few months ago about possibly something coming from Whistler around the May time frame.

https://forums.radioreference.com/whistler-scanners/364253-whistler-ces-2018-a.html

 

[TailGator911]

Ok I remember that post now. So we wait on the edge of our seats for the summer's festivities. Hamfest is right down the road from me and just a few weeks away, maybe I can bribe some information out of Wendy. Buy her lunch at Wendy's maybe? See what happens! haha

JD
kf4anc

 

[JD21960]

WAIT

WAIT. I saw YouTube yesterday underneath one of the SDS-100 videos some sad (new) BCD436HP owner wrote "Great, I just got my BCD436" in response to the new Uniden SDS 100 and it's Simulcast trunked capabilities. Don't be like that guy. WAIT.

 

[Wilrobnson]

FWIW, I was all set to buy 2 more TRX-1s when two things happened:

1- The hint that 'something' may be announced at Dayton; and

2- The AOR DV-10.

The DV-10 doesn't do trunking, but that's not entirely a deal-breaker for me. I figure at this point I'll wait til May and either pick up whatever Whistler has up their sleeve and a DV-10, or go back to my original plan and purchase two more TRX-1s and maybe wait a month to buy the AOR.

Either way, I get what I want and Uniden doesn't see dime of my money...with a nickel later on to unlock what that dime could already do.

 

[melbournefan]

I'm not really interested in the new SDS 100. The paid upgrades just sound bland compared to the TRX 1.

Even if I do wait, what more am I going to get? TETRA?, I don't need TETRA decoding because the local Tetra system here is going to go offline in around a years time.

DMR, NXDN, P25 Phase I and Phase II is all I really need as the local Phase I system here is slowly going to Phase II.

Even If Whistler released a new scanner, it's probably going to be way out of my price range but will probably make the TRX 1 cheaper which is what i'm worried about if I get it now.

 

[downsrep]

Was I too impulsive on getting the TRX-1 for Christmas? I hadn’t gotten a new scanner since my Radio Shack Pro-96 which still works. After doing research I thought the TRX-1 was the best portable scanner out there. I just want to make sure I made a good buy.

 

[Machria]

Was I too impulsive on getting the TRX-1 for Christmas? I hadn’t gotten a new scanner since my Radio Shack Pro-96 which still works. After doing research I thought the TRX-1 was the best portable scanner out there. I just want to make sure I made a good buy.

Nope, you will love the TRX1!

To the OP, get one, you will also love it. And 3 years from now, when something new comes out that actually works better, then get that. You know, like the iPhones, a new one comes out every year, with almost no differences, then 3 or 4 years later a REAL "new model" comes out with some cool stuff!

 

[VA3SOM]

I opted for the TRX-1 to replace my outdated 396XT as most stuff here is moving to DMR or NXDN or P25 II (the big Metrolinx/GO Transit P25 system moved to phase 2 that was a big reason for me getting it). Not disappointed at all so far, works well and does what i need.

 

[CQ]

Don't Do It

I'd say pass and go with the SDS100, or wait on the desktop/mobile version (I will be). No more excuses about NXDN (if you even need it - nothing worth listening here) when the BCDx36HP series have support now. Glad I got rid of my TRX-2 just before the grace period ran out.:lol:

 

[prcguy]

Get the TRX-1 now and enjoy it, then get an SDS100 if you must.

 

[jonwienke]

I would say wait. The SDS100 actually decodes simulcast properly, and perhaps Whistler will announce something to compete with it in May.

 

[TailGator911]

Yeah I only suggested to wait on the first run of the SDS-100 in order to hear some feedback and reviews on it. Get the TRX-1 and wait until the hoopla settles on the SDS-100, then get it, too. We can never have too many scanners.

JD
kf4anc

 

[downsrep]

How do you mean properly decodes simulcast?