SDS150

Great scanner/receiver

Going on 45 years as a ham, have owned many receivers and transceivers. Recently traveled across many hundreds of miles in the US, 4 states, with this scanner, hit zip, punched in the zip code for where I was at and within seconds it was tuned to the local public service Freq’s, so it’s not inexpensive but for the features and this is just one of them, and the multiple capabilities it’s worth every penny. Well done Uniden. AAAAA++++. Gear, Icom, Yeasu, Kenwood, and yes Baofeng, can’t beat the cost on those things and there fun to use. 73’s.

Exceptional performance picking up channels I’ve never heard before. It’s like I’m right there in the action. Highly recommended!

Overall a good upgrade from the SDS 100. App works great, having USBC and GPS built in is very nice. Going from the SDS 100 to the 150 I did notice two things that stand out. Firstly, the speaker. The volume is much lower from the 150's speaker vs the 100. I find myself listening at 10 out of 15 on the 150. On the 100 I would listen at 5 out of 15 on average. Not a dealbreaker, but on a lower signal, you will find your self maxing out the volume. I also find that the 150's speaker breaks up before the 100's speaker. Secondly, and slightly worryingly, is the RSSI / sensitivity. I'll put the 100 and 150 side by side, both with the stock antennas, both on the same frequency, the 100 is always a higher RSSI than the 150. Not just a db or two, typically 4-8 db better on the 100 vs the 150. This is using the RSSI meter on the detailed display. Both will show the same signal strength on the little cell phone style bar graph. This is more apparent at VHF frequencies than higher frequencies such as LE ranges. So on the feature side, lots of good upgrades on the 150. Signal reception wise, it would appear than the 100 has the advantage for some reason. Fortunately, in my area the signals I listen to are fairly strong. But it is a little disappointing to spend more money, and have any feature not be the same or better performance.