![]() As these are not database scanners, you would need to program them for your specific area.Ĭlick to expand.If you want the Tulsa area, as well as the periodic travel down here to Dallas to see the folks, then the SDS100 is your best choice. That's not an issue for you in your home county, but could be if you traveled elsewhere. ![]() The 325P2, and it's base/mobile sibling the 996P2, can also be upgraded for DMR and/or NXDN, but their drawback is that they have problems with simulcast. The 436HP is not as good on simulcast as the SDS100, but otherwise it is a good choice & is noticeably less expensive. So, if you plan to travel, you can use a GPS unit & let the scanner virtually program itself as you go. The SDS series scanners, as well as the x36HP units (436HP & 536HP) are database scanners. If you travel to or through virtually any large metro area, you are just about guaranteed to run into simulcast either there or along the way. You do not have simulcast in your specific county, though that can be an issue in nearby Tulsa County, or if you went to OK City. The biggest advantage of the SDS100 (or SDS200) is the way it can deal with simulcast P25 systems. There are a number of other business users, not of interest to me, but the county hospitals in Dallas & Tarrant County (Parkland & John Peter Smith) also are on Megahertz. One major user is a local air medical provider, CareFlite, which has six copters based in this region. However, the SDS100 (and the other upgraded scanners) easily follow the Megahertz DMR system, which has multiple sites here in North Central Texas. My TRX-1 can receive any of these three systems, but does not track them, and you cannot easily follow a specific talkgroup you can do that with one of the upgraded Uniden scanners. It's not a really active system, and they are moving to a different system here locally, GMRS. There is only one DMR public Safety system in Dallas County, Highland Park. I have no problem following either of these systems using the SDS100, or other Uniden scanners that also have the upgrade. This one covers Lancaster, also in Dallas County. KAMO Power, in some of your adjacent counties, is on a NXDN system, and there are a couple of others in your region, but not your specific county. The database does not show any NXDN systems in your county. Again, like DMR, it does not track the system, but can receive radio traffic on programmed talkgroups. The TRX-1 will also receive NXDN systems. The TRX-1, along with the other Whistler/GRE/RadioShack scanners do not do well with simulcast systems, but you do not have such a system in your location. However, if your target system is not extremely busy, you may not have an issue dealing with the agencies in Okmulgee County. The Uniden scanners, with a paid upgrade, can track the systems, so you can follow a specific talkgroup, which the other scanners cannot do. They can receive DMR radio traffic, and you can enter talkgroups, but they do not trunk-track DMR. ![]() The GRE/RadioShack/Whistler scanners that support DMR do not actually track the systems. Click to expand.All of the scanners Whiske圓 listed are programmed with software that runs on Windows machines. ![]()
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