[Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

Sun Jul 18 10:55:17 EDT 2010

Wow... thanks, Larry.

Sounds really good to me, _esp_ if the price is under $500...

But I gotta go with Andy on the price!  (Although, one wonders just what this/our market will bear...)

Wondering how current, accurate, and complete the programming is... I guess they use RadioReference as the database?

DK

> From: n5fpw at brmemc.net
> To: w4jecom at w4je.com; odyslim at comcast.net; russellswim at yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:29:34 -0400
> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?
> 
> My bet is a under $500 street price. ;-)))
> 
> As for the unit, yes, simplicity is spiffy. My initial testing of the unit 
> is pretty cool. The manuals aren't done yet, but if you have every 
> programmed any scanner you don't need one, it is that simple. So folks who 
> do not want to become radio engineers (Uniden calls them Bob and Mabel) will 
> want to purchase this scanner. There will be additional features for 
> advanced users that will be activated in the near future so that power users 
> (Uniden calls them Joe) will have some interesting features they will like 
> in HomePatrol. On the Friday before the Uniden Open House during our formal 
> intro of the product, I had the scanner in my hands about one hour and 
> during that time I master the basica operations and menuing system (actually 
> it took about 20 minutes). ;-)))
> 
> Saturday during the Uniden Open House in Dallas, an 8 year old grandson of 
> one of the hobbyists at my table (I was a table host) ;-))), programmed the 
> HP scanner for DFW in literally seconds. Yes, Bob and Mabel, it is really 
> that easy.
> 
> You can read some of my additional thoughts on my personal blog at
> http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/2010/06/revolution-in-scanning-is-coming.html
> 
> You can get my exclusive HP spec sheet (based on the testing of the unit we 
> have in hand) on the Grove Ent website at
> http://www.grove-ent.com/homepatrol.html
> 
> More to come including a full review in MT soon.
> 
> 73 de Jefe
> 
> Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
> Brasstown, NC USA
> MT Assistant/Review/Technical Editor
> Milcom/What's New/First Look Columnist
> Milcom Monitoring Post at
> http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Clegg" <w4jecom at w4je.com>
> To: <odyslim at comcast.net>; "Anthony Russell" <russellswim at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "SCANDC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?
> 
> 
> > Simplicity is good. Not that I can't program my own scanner, but time is
> > always an issue, especially when I travel. If I can get a grab-and-go
> > scanner that will program itself for whatever area I happen to be in, that
> > would be great. I'll definitely investigate this scanner once it's 
> > available
> > for sale.
> >
> > How about an office pool for the MSRP? I'll bet $599.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: <odyslim at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:42 PM
> > To: "Anthony Russell" <russellswim at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "SCANDC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?
> >
> >> Yeah, it started a huge pissing contest as some dont like the simplicity.
> >> I think its pretty spiffy.
> >>
> >> Regards, Scott
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Anthony Russell <russellswim at yahoo.com>
> >> To: SCANDC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:14 -0000 (UTC)
> >> Subject: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?
> >>
> >> is anyone more familiar with this?
> >>
> >> http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0738.html
> >>
> >> http://www.bearcatwarehouse.com/uniden-home-patrol.aspx
> >>
> >> zip code ready scanner? is that the only programming needed?
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks.
> >> Grant
> >>
> >>
> >>
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