[Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

Sun Jul 18 18:03:12 EDT 2010

Hey Doug and all,

> 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...)

OK, but I bet ya mine will be closer. ;-)))

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

As current (within a week as they will do weekly updates), accurate and 
complete as RadioRef. Yes RR is the ref that will be used by HomePatrol.

73 de Larry

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: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

>
> 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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