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| Author: | nickcarr [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Finally! |
I'm *finally* getting my 396XT tomorrow. Life happens and I wasn't able to get one immediately after I sold my 396T. Damn, it's at the UPS warehouse in Redmond already. Think they mind if I snuck over and rumaged thru their packages!? :lol: 8) I'll give a little review when I get it home. I'm looking forward to the new features, e.g. discriminator data thru the standard computer interface |
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| Author: | TMF [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Finally! |
If you were unable to go get it, I'd be more than happy to run over and retrieve it for you!.. :P Let us know how it works!! Regards... P.S. Whom did you order it from? |
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| Author: | nickcarr [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Finally! |
I purchased it from HRO Portland. Can't beat free shipping and 1-day delivery! 8) (It was a tad more expensive than other places but they're east coast locations.) UPS delivered it this morning. I came home from lunch. So far, I'm surprised at how different it is than the 396T. The keypad is more rubbery - it's not hard like the 396T. The various colored lights are neat. I like the green moreso than blue. I just flashed it to the latest firmware. It works great. I'm getting the radio ID from the transmitting unit about 90% of the time. Audio sounds good. I noticed the volume number is slightly lower than before. So, on the 396T, the Volume could be on 7 and it was quite loud. It seems to be more of a 10 on the 396XT. Overall reception seems great, but I'm only listening to EPSCA which is virtually LOS to my house. PS. I'm not a fan of the silver faceplate, as it kind of stands out. Black would have been sweet. :D -Nick |
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| Author: | olowy [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Finally! |
SO what is the difference between the two? I understand the XT will have better sensitivity, and i have looked over the bolded list so it loks like there are more channels to tag and more frequencey coverage, but what else is there? I have looked on the net but looking for a more dumbed down answer :) |
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| Author: | nickcarr [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Finally! |
I'll put together a detailed report with pictures soon. I'm too tired to do this after work. :) There are two main reasons I wanted to upgrade: more TGIDs (up to 500 now from 250) and the "improved" P25 decoding and audio quality (...more on this later.) Two really neat features: 1. The XT has the multi-colored LED now. So for all of those fun interop TGIDs that King County uses... I set it to the "white" LED light - so when the TGID shows up, the radio lights up. Very handy. The only downside is that you must do this ahead of time (in the software) - major pain to do it manually. 2. The XT has a cool built-in bandscope. You can punch in a freq and set the limit up to 500mhz wide. So, if I punch in 450 mhz, i can see 200-700mhz in whatever steps I choose. If you see a signal, you can lock on to it and press HOLD - it'll come up with audio. Works well with small ranges... obviously, you need a big step with a larger range - to make it practical. I'll send a complete review later this weekend... |
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