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Uniden SDS100 Radio Scanners
Original price was: $650.00.$600.00Current price is: $600.00.
The Uniden SDS100 True I/Q Scanner is a rugged, weather resistant, digital handheld scanner that features True I/Q, Close Call(TM) RF Capture technology, and a TrunkTracker communications receiver.
It incorporates the HomePatrol database of all known radio systems in the USA and Canada. The True I/Q™ receiver provides improved digital performance even in challenging RF environments. The scanner also meets JIS4/IPX4 standards for water resistance. The SDS100 outperforms any other scanner in both simulcast and weak-signal environments.
- CUSTOMIZABLE COLOR DISPLAY
You can set the display color for each field in the display. Additionally, for many fields you can select the information provided using a backlit keypad. - TRUNKING DISCOVERY
Monitors system traffic on a trunked radio system to find unknown IDs and automatically records audio from and logs new channels for later review and identification. - TRUNKTRACKER X
Scans APCO 25 Phase 1 and Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS, and LTR trunked systems, as well as conventional analog and P25 digital channels. - TRUE IQ RECEIVER
Designed to improve digital performance, the TRUE I/Q Receiver captures the complete signal waveform in 3 dimensions, allowing for improved digital error correction and signal recovery. - LOCATION BASED SCANNING
Allows you to set your location by zip/postal code or GPS coordinates for instant reception. The Auto-locate feature will determine your general location if you don’t know where you are.
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Specifications
- Easy navigation to Favorite List, 1st on Menu w visual On/Off for FQK listing
- Easy navigation to System List 1st on Menu w visual On/Off for SQK listing.
- Easy Scan Control using the System, Department and Channel SOFTKEY Hold buttons.
Programming and Interface
Most menus and buttons are identical to the BCD436HP.
- ZIP Services Mode: Enter your ZIP code, service type, and range. The scanner will aggregate a list of nearby radio channels to listen to.
- GPS Mode: Purchase the additional GPS module and cable to have the scanner automatically update its location to pull in nearby radio channels without having to enter a ZIP code (Location Based Scanning)
- Manual Entry: Create Favorite lists by manually entering the channel/system information, or import it from the RR DB preloaded on the SD Card (Complete Front Keypad Programming ability)
- Sentinel: Use a PC with Uniden Sentinel Software to update scanner firmware, update RR Database, and create your own Favorite Lists, Systems, Sites, Channels, TalkGroups and RadioIDs in addition to control scanner settings and customize the LCD Screen.
Physical
- Backlight-on-Squelch option allows the backlight to remain on during an entire transmission.
- 240×320 pixel, plastic, color LCD screen (147 user-selectable colors for text and background)
- Receive Signal Strength Indicator displayed.
- Select/Volume/Squelch multi-control top rotary encoder knob.
- Side-actuated Function and Menu controls.
- 64 character text tagging for each system, site, department, channel, talkgroup, search range, Tone-Out, and SAME group.
- Visual Independent Alert LED w/ 7 colors and 3 patterns.
- Weatherproof Backlit Display and Keypad.
- Water resistant up to IPX4 (JIS4)
- 8GB microSD card holds the entire US and Canada database of radio systems, plus leaves room for hundreds of hours of audio recording.
Included on the microSD CARD
- A copy of the RadioReference Database (HPDB)
- Uniden’s Sentinel Software. The link for Sentinel can be found here
- Pre-Formatted with FAT 32 Filing System
- Main Folder named “TBA”
- Below TBA folder contains:
- (7)Sub-Folders: activity_log, alert, audio, discovery, favorite_list, firmware, HPDB
- (4)Loose Files:
- Configuration files: app_data.cfg, discovery.cfg1, profile.cfg
- Set-Up file: scanner.inf
Keys
- 100 Favorites Lists QKs
- 100 Systems QKs
- 100 Departments QKs
- 3 front SOFTKEY buttons (functions change depending on scanner status).
- 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
Technical
Frequency Coverage
- 25-512 MHz
- 758-824 MHz
- 849-869 MHz
- 894-960 MHz
- 1240-1300 MHz
Modulation & Steps
- AM, NFM, FM, WFM, or FMB.
- 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50, or 100 kHz
Power
- Built-in Battery Charger – charge the batteries in the scanner w a USB power cable
- Charge/Battery Low Independent Alert LED
- Removable 3.7v 5400mAh 19.98Wh Extended Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery (Model BT-954) included with new models
Connectivity
- USB PC Connectivity/charge port (USB Mini-B)
- Simultaneous charge while using
- USB PC Connectivity (USB Micro) – Purpose was previously unknown, but developer Steve Holloway created a functional bandscope program that uses this port, suggesting it is a dedicated serial port.
Features
- Adjustable Band defaults Modulation and Steps
- Adjustable Priority check interval and quantity.
- Analysis Mode – includes Trunked System Analysis of Signal, Quality and Activity, and EDACS/LTR LCN Finder
- Audible Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alerts, Channel Alerts, Tone-Out hits, and Close Call Alert.
- Avoids
- Battery Saver
- Broadcast Screen while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands.
- Channel delay adjustable to increments of 0-2,5,10,30,
- Channel Volume Offset individually per channel.
- Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store.
- Control Channel Only
- Conventional Channel Priority with Priority DND
- Custom Search – lets you program up to 10 search ranges.
- Discovery Mode – helps you find new channels on trunked systems and frequency ranges.
- Fire Tone Out alert with two-tone paging with up to 32 tone slots.
- Fire Tone Out Search – built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
- Individual Site P25 decode Threshold, Settings: Auto, Manual, Default
- Intermediate Frequency Exchange – changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
- Keypad Lock
- Location Based Scanning
- Multi-Site Trunking – Lets you program the scanner to share a Trunked System’s TGIDs across multiple Sites without having to duplicate TGIDs.
- Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume) adjustable to -2, -5, -10 seconds.
- Number Tagging – Number tags allow you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel.
- Priority Scan
- P25 One-Frequency Trunking – The scanner can follow individual talk groups on P25 single-frequency systems that use both NAC and TGID’s for squelch control and user identification.
- Quick Search
- Recording of Audio – Captures & Stores individual transmissions until squelch closes for later playback with time stamping and some metadata via Scanner or PC.
- Date/Time indication on display with time stamping for recordings.
- Instant Replay – Plays back up to 240 seconds of the most recent unsquelched transmissions without the added quiet time between those transmissions.
- Repeater Reverse
- Search with Scan for Custom Searches.
- Startup Configuration
- Weather Operations
Features missing from SDS100 previously in BCD436HP
- Voice AGC
RR System Compatibility
- Analog Conventional Frequencies
System Types
- Motorola Type I
- Motorola Type II
- EDACS
- EDACS Standard (Wide)
- EDACS Standard Networked
- EDACS Narrowband (Narrow)
- EDACS Narrowband Networked
- EDACS SCAT
- EDACS ESK
- ProVoice 1
- LTR Standard
- APCO Project 25 Standard
- Phase I FDMA
- Motorola X2-TDMA
- Phase II TDMA
- LSM systems
- DMR1
- Hytera XPT
- MotoTRBO Capacity + and Connect +
- DMR Tier III
- NXDN 1
- NXDN 4800 + 9600
System Voices
- Analog
- EDACS
- Analog
- ProVoice 1
- APCO-25 Common Air Interface Common Air Interface
- DMR 1
- NXDN 1
- Notes
- Requires, optional, Paid Upgrade w/ Registration via my.uniden.com.
- Firmware updates via MicroSD card or through USB port.
Included in the Box
- SDS100 Scanner Radio
- SMA Semi-Rigid Antenna – Uniden # BATG0590001
- SMA-BNC Antenna Adapter
- 411.com Registration card
- USB to USB Mini-B programming / charge cable
- USB Wall brick 5V 2A (Model: AD-1278)
- Extended Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery 3.7v 5400mAh 19.98Wh (Model BT-954)
- Extended battery door
- Rotating Belt Clip
- Belt clip Plastic Attachment with 1 screw installed
- Owner’s manual printed copy w online pdf format available
- microSD Card (8GB) installed
- Packaging
- External Box
- Formed Cardboard packaging – molded pulp
- Various plastic bags for listed components
Videos
- Uniden SDS100 Intro – Video
- SDS100 Slow Rain – Video
- SDS100 Promo Video
- SDS100 Display Menu Options
- Central Ohio Integrated Radio System LSM Reception: BCD436HP vs. SDS100
- Maryland FIRST Performance check
- Philly Performance Check
USB Pinout
- Pin 2 (ID) is used for GPS Serial Data
- Pin 3 and 4 are for Serial Data






















