[Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

Merlin merlin at merlinjacobs.com
Mon Jul 19 19:06:54 EDT 2010 

I just received my August copy of Monitoring Times. They have sneak peek 
article on page 70 about the new HomePatrol scanner.
Merlin

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From: "Andrew Clegg" <w4jecom at w4je.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:19 PM
To: "John Pak" <pak.john1 at gmail.com>
Cc: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] home patrol scanner?

> When it receives FCC approval.
>
> On Jul 18, 2010, at 19:24, "John Pak" <pak.john1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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