[Scan-DC] Uniden BCD325P2 Scanner

[Greg Danes]

Both are good alternatives, I swear by SDRTrunk but it does not scan, you
sit on a main control channel and it picks up everything consistently.
While I have read good reviews of the Blue Tail P25rx, the price is a deal
breaker, but for what it does you get DMR, NXDN and P25 right off the bat.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 5:02 PM Michael Agner <ka3jjz at comcast.net> wrote:

> While the 325P2 and 996P2 will certainly handle Phase 2, simulcast
> performance is going to largely depend on your location within the
> Montgomery system. You might - or might not - be able to hear it
> consistently. PG and the new DC system is all simulcast, so before you buy
> these less expensive scanners you should know what you're getting into.
>
> Are there cheaper alternatives to the SDS100 and 200? For limited
> applications (scanning trunked systems only), there are.  You can;
>
> Use a couple of RTL-SDR sticks and SDRTrunk. -or-
>
> You can use the new Blue Tail P25RX -or-
>
> https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BlueTail_Technologies_P25RX
>
> Use an Unication radio. Note that they are currently performing beta tests
> on a scanner application;
>
> https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Unication_Voice_Pager_Receivers
>
> And the new Montgomery system is being discussed here,
>
>
> https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/montgomery-county-pssm-program-update.412715/
>
> And before someone asks - Whistler scanners are very much hit and miss
> with simulcast, too. Bottom line is that most consumer scanners (besides
> the SDS100 and 200) are likely to have issues. And that includes any of the
> old RS and GRE line
>
> Mike
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