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Scanner radios and software related items.

VA3DBJ.ca Store Now Online

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I have added a store, of sorts, alone with some links to other radio related software. The store items listed are provided by Scanner Master Police Scanners.

With the closure of Durham Radio, there hasn’t been a local distributor available, that has the selection and knowledge that Scanner Master has and has the online support.

Scanner Master is the industry’s leading scanner consultant, as no other dealer or distributor is more knowledgeable about scanner functionality and operation and they participate in the design and development of the industry’s trunktracking scanners.

Scanner Master Police Scanners Corporation was formed in 1978 and since that time has been producing the nation’s most comprehensive communications guidebooks including Scanner Master regional volumes and Monitor America.

Scanner Master is also the North American distributor for Butel’s ARC (Advanced Radio Control) scanner software, the finest and most popular scanner software sold worldwide today. Scanner Master Police Scanners is also the North American distributor for a line of Czech-built scanner accessories including filters and pre-amplifiers.

Scanner Master can also work with you to develop customized monitoring systems. Applications include dispatch centers, news gathering organizations and remote monitoring stations. They have worked with the Miami Herald and Metro Traffic Control on such custom installation and programming. Scanner Master and its affiliated companies are currently developing sophisticated monitoring solutions and accessories, both software and hardware-based.

VA3DBJ.ca is an affiliate member. So clicking any Scanner Master links, will take you there and give us credit for any purchase you make. Any commissions made, goes towards the site costs.

VA3DBJ.ca Store & Software Downloads

Uniden SDS100 Now Available!

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A revolutionary new SDR Based scanner that reduces simulcast interference with a completely customization display. With the easy to use ZIP Code or postal code programming it is set up in minutes. 

Uniden has once again hit it out of the park with the forthcoming release of the entirely new SDS100 portable scanner radio.

This true I/Q Scanner is the first scanner to incorporate Software Defined Radio technology to provide incredible digital performance in even the most challenging RF environments. The SDS100’s digital performance is better than any other scanner in both simulcast and weak-signal environments. This is the first scanner to signal the end of the notorious digital trunking simulcast distortion problem! Hallelujah and thank you, Uniden!

The SDS100 is also the first scanner that allows one to arrange the multi-color display any way you want. Change colors, locations and layouts on the brilliant color display. 

The scanner memory is enormous but it also provides the entire US and Canadian databases already loaded on the included SD memory card. This scanner has it all! Optional GPS control, DMR, NXDN and ProVoice operation are available. See our web page for lots more details and videos.

Quantities will be limited and availability is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Sentinel 2.00.08 (NXDN and SDS100 Support)

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Software package published by Uniden, for their HomePatrol-1 & HomePatrol-2 or BCD436HP & BCD536HP scanners, now also available for the new SDS100.  Freeware that allowing all users to download and try, before purchase of the scanners. Both version give the user the ability to Update Firmware, Update the Radio Reference Data Base (RRDB), build, create, edit and maintain Favorite List, Systems, Departments, analog & digital channels (Talkgroups), frequencies and various other attributes including Services.

Now available here.

NXDN Support Comes to the BCDx36HP

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The long-awaited upgrade to support scanning NXDN digital systems is now available for the BCD436HP and BCD536HP scanners from Uniden. This after the DMR upgrades release in the summer of 2016. This upgrade allows you to program these scanners to trunk track NXDN 4800 and NXDN 9600 systems, as well as NXDN Single-Channel Trunking and Icom’s IDAS™ trunking. Also, in conventional mode, this upgrade allows you to select the RAN and Area for NXDN transmissions.

To get the upgrade, first update your scanner to the latest firmware version (see BCD436HP Firmware Update or BCD536HP Firmware Update). Then, go to http://my.uniden.com to purchase the upgrade key. You will need your scanner’s Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and checksum to purchase the upgrade.

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