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66 MONITORING TIMES October 2010

e left a lot

ofpeoplebe-

hindintoday's

scanner market and we know

it," said Paul Opitz, Uniden

America's Product Manager,

duringarecentinterviewwithMonitoring

Timesmagazine.

 Opitzwasreferringtoallthepeople

whowouldliketoownandlistentoscan-

ners, but whohave been locked out due

to the complexity of the current crop of

scanning radios. “These are people who

hearthesirensgoingoffintheirneighborhood

andtheywanttofindoutrightnowwhatishap-

pening,”Opitzsaid.Theconvolutedprocedures

required for modern scanner operation are a

directcauseofdiminishingscannersalesover

thepastseveralyears.

 ForUniden,whilethelowerscannersales

figureswereeasytocompile,fixingtheprob-

lemwasnotsoeasy.AsBillDorr,aSeniorVice

President at UnidenAmerica, recently said,

“Simplicityishardtoachieve.”

 “Thatiswhywehavetakenahardlook

athowwecouldgetthem[thehobbyistsleft

behind]back,andouranswerwastheHomePa-

trol-1,”Opitzsaid.

❖ Why are scanners so

complex to program?

 Many years ago, with the advent of

trunkingradiosystems,P25digitalvoice,and

othertechnologicaladvances,communications

crossedatechnologicalthresholdbeyondwhich

manyscannerhobbyistsneverdaredventure,

not even to continue listening to their local

publicsafetyagencies.Gonefromthevocabu-

laryoftheradiohobbyistweretermssuchas

channels, banks, and “enter” key; nor could

theyjustpunchinafrequency,hittheENTER

button and listen to localpublic safety com-

munications.

 Because the communications had gone

hightech,theradiomonitoringhobbyunfor-

tunatelyhadtogohightechaswell.Inorder

tostayinthegame,we’vehadtowrestlewith

programmingconceptssuchasGRE’sObject

OrientedprogrammingandUniden’sDynamic

MemoryAllocation (DMA) scanners.We’ve

hadtolearnaboutMotorola,EDACSandLTR

trunk radio systems (3600 baud/9600 baud/

ESK,etc.),P25digitalmodulation,talkgroups,

NAC/DCSandPLtones,andallsortsofthings

thatconfuseanddiscouragemanyradiohobby-

The Revolution Has Begun:

The Uniden HomePatrol-1

By Larry Van Horn, N5FPW, MT Review Editor

ists.

 But, the most common complaint that

radio hobbyists voice about modern scanner

technologyisthat“Theyare‘waytoocompli-

catedtoprogramandoperatefortheaverage

Joe,”and,“Youdarnnearneedacollegedegree

justtohearthelocaldogcatcher!”

 ThisdilemmahasbeenborneoutinMTas

well.Iknowmanyreadershavelamentedthe

difficultyofoperatingscannerequipmentand

havefeltleftbehindinthewake.Inreviewafter

reviewofscannersinMT,wehavedocumented

thatsettingthemupandoperatingtheseradios

isn’teasy.Wealwaysrecommendthatyouspent

alotoftimewiththeowner’smanual,andthat

youpracticeprogrammingtheexamplesfrom

themanualstobecomefamiliarwithusingthese

technologicalmarvels.

❖ So why is the

HomePatrol-1 a

revolution?

 Whatissorevolutionaryaboutthisnew

scanner?TotakeapagefromBillDorr’splay

book,Unidenhasfinallyachievedsimplicityin

programmingwiththisscanner.Therehasnever

beenascannerlikeitbefore.Sayingthatitwill

beeasytoprogrambytheuserisactuallyan

understatement.

 Whilethereareseveralwaysyoucanpro-

gramaHomePatrol-1,theeasiestwayisbyjust

punchinginfivenumbersandpressingEnteron

thetouchscreen(well,actuallytheACCEPT

button).Thatoughttomakeafewofyouold

timersalittlemorecomfortablealready.

 Atitsmostbasiclevel,theonlythingyou

willneedtoknowtoprogramaHomePatrol

scanneris–theZIPcodewhereyouarecur-

rentlylocated!Yes,punchinyourfivedigitZIP

codeontheLCDtouchscreen,pressACCEPT,

andthe scanner loads your local frequencies

fromadatabasestoredwithintheunit.After

thatisdone,youshouldhearyourlocalscan-

nercommunications(conventionaland

trunked,analoganddigital).Noother

operator interface is needed and it is

trulyjustthatsimple.

 Ifyoudon’tknowtheZIPcodeofthe

locationyouwanttomonitor,youcan

alsopunchinthecityandstateonthe

touchscreen.Inadditiontothesetwo

methods,therearecurrentlytwomore

ways to program the HomePatrol-1:

moreonthatbelow.

❖ Where do the

frequencies come

from?

 Theenginethatdrivesthislittlescanning

marvel is the RadioReference.com website.

Unlessyouhavebeenlivingonanotherplanet

for the last few years, most scanner enthu-

siasts with Internet access are familiar with

RadioReference.Theyaretheworld’slargest

radiocommunicationsdataprovider,featuring

acompletefrequencydatabase,trunkedradio

systeminformation,andFCClicensedata.

 Acoupleofyearsago,theadministrators

at RadioReference embarked on a project to

assign specific location information (known

asageotag)toallradiosystems/frequenciesin

theironlinedatabase.Ageotagconsistsoflati-

tude,longitude,andrange.Thistagdescribes

acirclecenteredatthelatitude/longitudethat

fullyencompassesthepoliticalentity(i.e.city,

town,state,etc.)servedbythatradiosystem.

EachofthesecirclesintheRadioRefdatabase

alsoincludesalltheradiosysteminformation

(frequencies,descriptions,tagsindicatinghow

eachchannelisused,etc).

 BypunchinginyourZIPcodeHomePa-

trol-1setsyourlocationsomewherewithin10

milesofthecenterofthatZIPcode.Whilethat

isnotveryprecise,itwillbegoodenoughto

catchlocalcommunications.HomePatrol-1will

thenselectchannels fromitsonline database

storedona2GBmicroSDcardforallofthe

radio systems that overlap your approximate

location.

 But, using the ZIP code is not the only

method of getting information loaded into

HomePatrol-1.Eachmethodforselectingyour

locationusesadifferentsizedcircle.Inaddition

tothe10-mileZipCoderadius,HomePatrol-1

isabletousethefollowingcirclesizes:

• 20-miles radius from the center of a city when

using city selection.

• 30-miles radius from the location of the dis-

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66 MONITORING TIMES October 2010"We left a lotofpeoplebe-hindintoday'sscanner market and we knowit," said P

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