Beginner's Guide To Simulcast | Tutorial

Beginner's Guide To Simulcast | Tutorial 0:00 Start 0:14 Topics Rundown 1:00 Simulcast Defined 1:30 Areas Affected by Simulcast 1:57 Radio Reference Tutorial 5:52 SDS100 vs BCD436HP Comparison 6:50 Simulcast Troubleshooting Steps 7:12 Test Elsewhere 7:39 Channel Isolation 7:58 Check Programming 8:09 Update Scanner Software 8:35 Outdoor Testing 9:10 Outro Shop the Uniden SDS100 police scanner: https://www.zipscanners.com/products/sds100-uniden-police-scanner Learn & buy police scanners: https://www.zipscanners.com/collections/police-scanners Questions? We're here to help! Contact a police scanner expert now: Call 737.777.9876 Email [email protected] Chat now https://www.ZipScanners.com Zip Scanners - We Make Scanning Easy. #SimulcastDistortion #SDS100 #BCD436HP _______________________________________________________________ hi everyone I'm Garrett from zip scanners today we're gonna do a three-part beginner's guide video to simulcast Distortion first I'll show you how the uniden sds100 forms in my simulcast area then I'll show you one radio reference how to identify in combat simulcast distortion and somewhere other than Minneapolis because you don't live here maybe you do lastly I'll show you a side-by-side of the SDS100 and the BCD4536 HP working on the same frequency I've been told time and time again that the 436 handles simulcast just as well as the SDS100 and I'm here to tell you I'm ready to dunk on anyone who claims the 436 even scratches the surface shameless promotion to our screen protected product page and the break first I'll define simulcast Distortion it refers to the process of transmitting the same signal from different tower locations over the same frequency at the same time woof mouthful sounds complicated but this is meant to combat reception issues and areas that are widely spread out over highly congested such as a metro area or a rural area in between remains to be seen some of the areas that are greatly affected by simulcast Distortion a good majority of Michigan parts of New Jersey North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas so that's not necessarily an updated list in short there's no easy way to tell if simulcast affects your area but I'll show you in radio reference how you can identify where it lives transition we're here on radio reference where I'm going to help you identify simulcast distortion in your area so normally we do this but if you want to figure out which scanner works best for you and if you need a scanner that is simulcasts capable that you can go ahead and order that on your own without our help so first we're going to go databases frequency database I'm going to click on Minnesota go Hennepin County and you can see a project 25 phase 1 system here that won't always be there especially in rural areas or non-metro areas in general they'll be down at the bottom you can see all the types of systems in that area so we have NXDN DMR we're looking for project 25 phase one or phase two so I'm going to scroll all the way back up and click on that link so you can see already there's some simulcast in Minneapolis but I make it a little bit easier and I'm going to hit ctrl F type in simulcast and hit enter so it's mostly is affecting densely populated areas but I also have a little bit more down toward Rochester I have some in central Minnesota and I have some in northern Minnesota in st. Louis County where Duluth is so the reason simulcast affects densely populated areas is because these frequencies are bouncing from tower to tower and you have on average four to five primary or alternate control channels that affect each side and funnels in to get you the best reception and that's why the SDS100 is so groundbreaking because it handles simulcast better than any other scanner besides maybe the SDS 200 and that's because it's basically a carbon copy of the SDS100 as a base model I'm going to show you something outside of the middle west and I'll go to Texas since what opposite of Minnesota right I know what you're thinking why would you say something so controversial yet so brave you guys have in Austin Texas area code for your phone number I know I know so uh maybe I'll go to Dallas but Dallas has so many systems and it's so crowded that it's not going to be beneficial for me to show you that so I'll go to a smaller area I'll go to Denton I'm in Denton which is smaller I'll hit that link because it is a project 25 days to system and with smaller areas the simulcast is going to be right at the top Denton simulcast Louisville simulcast and there's your those are your control channels both primary and alternate yeah that's basically all you really need to know about trying to locate simulcast it's just a couple clicks away in radio reference transition so as you can see I have the unit in SD s 100 and the eastern 34 36 HP side-by-side.