[TheList] Whistler trx1

Fri Apr 6 06:35:16 AEST 2018

Agree scanmaster good with for upgrading 436/536 addons, uniden NZ/AU no nothing about scanners

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From: DogSecurity - Richard <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>
Date: 5/04/18 21:40 (GMT+12:00)
To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
Subject: Re: [TheList] Whistler trx1

Another thing I'd suggest, for those considering, is get the addons BEFORE it gets shipped over.  People like ScannerMaster should be able to help of course, but I doubt you'll get any help from Uniden NZ with this model, it's an American model.  Same could be said for the SDS100 model - we may never see it here officially.

Another thing is I don't know how many people use NXDN, we certainly don't have any customers using it.   DMR would definitely be a worthy upgrade.  Out of the box P25 1 and 2 is nice depending how much is in the clear, the rest is so-so.  Corrections for example use Motorola LTR, however all prisons are slowly going to be migrating to Digital over the next 5 or 10 years.  Tongariro, one or two Auckland ones, CHCH Womans have already cutover, CHCH Mens is slated for June go-live (the systems in but there are some issues they're working through with the indoor location beacons)

Shane - 75.55 is Waikato North, Radiowiki should be fairly up to date, but it's been awhile since I've been up coromandel to check - it's listed as Waihi and Tokatea/Coromandel.  What scanner is that?  Can you program in timeslots?  I've never programmed a digital capable scanner - I carry my Icom R5 but I use proper RTs at work anyway so the R5 only gets used for CSQ receiving -  listening for local interference in vehicles (Harvesters) and buildings (Fonterra and all of the VSDs they have are causing issues on digital channels if the RT is set to Channel Free admit criteria)

Richard.

On 05/04/18 15:00, David Kilgour wrote:
Hi,

Yes the TX1/TX2 will cover the 75MHz range if the radio is set to the Austrlian or UK bandplan, but the performance on that band is very poor as I have a TRX2. I think that they changed the firmware so it will cover the 75MHz range but the hardware is not designed for the band so you get alot the FM broascast interferance and the sensetivity is very poor.
The Uniden 436 is the way to go (use to have one also until last week) and still have the base version 536. This 436 radio has alot more functions than the TRX1 and works very well on 75MHz. The early 436's has a problem with noise generated from the battery compartment that effected the UHF band performance but Uniden have fixed this in the radios manufactured after about the middle of last year. You do need to have to pay extra for the DMR & NXDN option keys for the 436 where they come included with the TRX1.

If you have any more questions please just ask.

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Subject: Re: [TheList] Whistler trx1

Hey

 Just got confirmation from the Whistler group that the TRX one has an Australian band plan that you can select in settings that will give you coverage from 50 6MH said to around 80 5MHZ it will not cover the FM frequencies for radio due to severe interference so it’s looking like a really good scanner I just can’t make my mind up.  Do I get to uni then 486HP or do I get the TRX one does anybody in this group I’m both these units or either either that could give us a rundown on differences I just don’t want to waste a lot of money on something only to find the other one is better further down the track.
Cheers Tim

On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 at 12:41, Mark Foster <blakjak at gmail.com<mailto:blakjak at gmail.com>> wrote:
No problem Tim. I'm of course only going by what was posted here, some additional first-hand reports would be great.
I think i'll have to ask Santa for a new scanner at this rate!
(but still figuring out what model... so keen to hear what others experience!)

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Tim Devaney <timdevaneynz at gmail.com<mailto:timdevaneynz at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi

Did not get that. So you're telling me if I buy the tx1 from Amazon when I get it I can go into the settings and change the band plan to Australia which will enable to 75 MHz band I'm guessing Australia's band plan is similar to New Zealand. Thank you very much for your advice as always your response is greatly appreciated.
Tim

On Thu, 5 Apr. 2018, 11:18 Mark Foster, <blakjak at gmail.com<mailto:blakjak at gmail.com>> wrote:
This was literally answered 3 days ago.

http://radiowiki.org.nz/pipermail/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz/2018-April/009045.html

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Tim Devaney <timdevaneynz at gmail.com<mailto:timdevaneynz at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi folk

 I’m looking at getting one of the scanners from Amazon however looking at the band plan at seems to miss out the 75 mhz which police nd fire use here in New Zealand can anyone confirm this for me please or is there a different model I can buy for New Zealand that has it enabled .  I’m stuck between the TRX one and the union 436HP really doing my head in lol

Tim
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