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...I can't see Uniden Aus updating the Australian modes anytime soon however. What are the Australian modes? They have to be read upside down? The Australian BCD436PT's from preliminary information, can be upgraded just like an American version. That is once the ESN situation is fixed. R Speaking o...

...I can't see Uniden Aus updating the Australian modes anytime soon however. What are the Australian modes? They have to be read upside down? The Australian BCD436PT's from preliminary information, can be upgraded just like an American version. That is once the ESN situation is fixed. R Hopefully ...

Very interesting to watch what happens with this.. The sceptic in me says that this is a colossal waste of money and that a nation wide GRN would be better suited for the purpose... I'm pretty sure it's for their OB Vans and IFB Comms and control room to floor crews where GRN type Trunking isn't pr...

P2 trunking across the state? Ho bl@@dy ho... fat chance in the next 5-10 years. Get a grip, the money isn't there & the infrastucture is definitely not there. I know... and nobody wants or needs it across the state so there is going to be far higher priorities, such as broadband applications like ...

John - I think they've decommissioned all the sites - there is no coverage maps on the Motorola site and here in WA they've turned off the Central Park site and has been replaced by the Orion Network running MOTOTRBO

http://www.orionet.com.au/Home.aspx

There are of course the various Studio to Transmitter links for various RAdio Broadcasters, plus there arealso Radio Mocs though while low powered can be interesting as they still transmit despite the audio operator at the mixing desk turns the Fader down.

lxth7 wrote:Cosmetic problem though, the black screen printed key pad icons on the face wear off easily. The button numbers / controls are good but the black on the face is dissapearing.

Mine is the same and I believe is a production fault with the first batch - pity though.

John I find the UHF reception much better on the XT compared to the T Thanks,good to see they made a improvement in this model. John. Mine is now completely deaf - It got zapped during a lightening storm here in Perth om australia Day - Not Happy Jan. now going through the motions of an insurance c...

any word of Firmware for existing owners ? LOL yeah right, Uniden Australia forgot about us...suddenly they come crawling back eh ;) Mike, Yes it is Uniden Australia. Jaskel, To say UA forgot about us etc is a little unfair. The Americans control the production etc of all Uniden products. They deci...

rustynswrail wrote:

matthewn1983 wrote:Talk on another forum is that the Uniden 396 will make a come back, but ill believe it when i see it.

I can confirm that Uniden will be re-releasing the 396 around the middle period of this year.

Russell

any word of Firmware for existing owners ?