[Scan-DC] Whistler scanner

[Joseph M. Durnal]

I don't own a Uniden, but I think what you said about learning curve is
right.  These are not mass market adopted user interfaces, and for most
customers they are a set it and forget it thing.  I have a Whistler TRX-1.
I would say it took me a couple of weeks to get to know the programming
software and how it all seemed to work. I'm still not an expert but I feel
I know my way around it well enough now that I can do whatever I want to
do.  It then took several more weeks to really get comfortable programming
the radio via the front panel.  So, in all, after a couple of months I
guess I'm at least proficient at programming the TRX-1.  What I hope to do
next is to learn more about how the scanner interacts with its objects when
scanning so I can create very efficient configurations based on what I want
to prioritize hearing.

In the end, it will all come down to personal preference and your use
cases.  For me, I liked having NXDN & DMR out of the box for the TRX-1, but
now I find that I only occasionally listen to one NXDN system that I could
probably live without.  My biggest issue is simulcast systems while mobile
which is a problem that no current scanner model really handles well.
Uniden has been marketing a coming soon model that is supposed to eliminate
the simulcast issues.  We'll see.

Joe


On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:11 AM, David L. Wilson <dwilson314 at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I can assure you that there are those of us with Whistler (and former GRE)
> scanners who find the Uniden programming software and scanners near
> impossible to use as it seems so horribly organized.  It is the case that
> if you are used to Uniden's or Whistler's way of organizing things, then
> the other's way seems confusing and takes getting used to.  The learning
> curve is probably the same for both.  I bought 2 recent Uniden scanners and
> gave them away for that reason and stuck with Whistler.
> David L. Wilson
>
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