[Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

Sun Jul 18 19:24:58 EDT 2010

When will this radio be on the market?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Van Horn" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
To: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?


> 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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