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What happened to UNIDEN ??
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Yes, for a standard 40 channel radio they did what they were meant to do and if not for the display were decent.
Unfortunately with today's market it's not going to make it anymore.
There are now way to many options available in the same price range with more features and channels.
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Jeff
I run a Radenso Pro in one car, bought it a while back (2014), and a R4 (2023) in our new car. Both are great compared to the RX65 I ran for a lot of years. The technology keeps getting better. The Radenso is great, the R4 is even better.
I ran BEL since the 80's, the last being a Vector 995. The R3 is far ahead of that great detector.
The last couple of Bearcat 880’s I tried each had screen problems. Viewed straight-on, the display was dim. Viewed from the right, it was totally blank. Viewed from the left, it was very bright. It made me wonder if Uniden was making them so that the best view would be from the driver’s side with the radio in the middle where it is usually mounted. 
If you have one, put it to the test.
If you have one, put it to the test.
I had several BEL's over the years and they were great for the time. I will say the best one I have run is the R4, it seems to see around corners and the range seems like it's infinite here in the desert flats, also in the flats of Texas
I have an R3, and a couple of years back I spent a bit of time messing with custom firmwares and talking to some people who are connected with Uniden. Apparently, the engineering effort behind the R3 and other similar generation Uniden RD's was the result of 1, maybe 2 people. A VERY small engineering and dev team that did some amazing work, all things considered.
(If only the R3 hardware went lower in K band frequency to detect the pesky Gatso cameras we have here, it would be perfect.)
As for Uniden CB's, my black face Grant XL that I got new as a kid, and my 980SSB still work great (no LCD issue here). I think they would struggle to compete financially, and make it worthwhile in today's 11m radio market. They do have a fairly extensive and current UHF CB market (477MHz CB) in AU/NZ.
uniden.com.au
(If only the R3 hardware went lower in K band frequency to detect the pesky Gatso cameras we have here, it would be perfect.)
As for Uniden CB's, my black face Grant XL that I got new as a kid, and my 980SSB still work great (no LCD issue here). I think they would struggle to compete financially, and make it worthwhile in today's 11m radio market. They do have a fairly extensive and current UHF CB market (477MHz CB) in AU/NZ.
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In a bygone era, the cb radio was the equivalent of today's Internet. Not so much anymore, cb radio is now a niche market. For old people. My kids tease me that I was born way back in the 1900s...
It's funny you should say that, I remember when I was around 9 and in my parent's car had a factory built in CB radio made by Delco,a time before smartphones and the Internet, sometimes I think those were the better days,it's funny what you remember!!!!
I have 2 Uniden 980 in my closet both pretty decent radios ,Rock Solid on SSB ,never had any problems with the displays on mine,but I have heard a lot of complaints concerning the issue, wouldn't surprise me if that was the plan all along, would kinda of make sense I guess!!The last couple of Bearcat 880’s I tried each had screen problems. Viewed straight-on, the display was dim. Viewed from the right, it was totally blank. Viewed from the left, it was very bright. It made me wonder if Uniden was making them so that the best view would be from the driver’s side with the radio in the middle where it is usually mounted.
If you have one, put it to the test.
The black face & knobs on the Grant looks slick!I have an R3, and a couple of years back I spent a bit of time messing with custom firmwares and talking to some people who are connected with Uniden. Apparently, the engineering effort behind the R3 and other similar generation Uniden RD's was the result of 1, maybe 2 people. A VERY small engineering and dev team that did some amazing work, all things considered.
(If only the R3 hardware went lower in K band frequency to detect the pesky Gatso cameras we have here, it would be perfect.)
As for Uniden CB's, my black face Grant XL that I got new as a kid, and my 980SSB still work great (no LCD issue here). I think they would struggle to compete financially, and make it worthwhile in today's 11m radio market. They do have a fairly extensive and current UHF CB market (477MHz CB) in AU/NZ.
Uniden Handheld In-Car Radios | Reliable UHF CB Range
Explore Uniden In-Car Handheld Radios. Reliable UHF CB comms for work, travel, and off-road driving. Built tough for Aussie conditions, UHF In Car Shop Uniden In-Car Handheld Radios. Durable, compact UHF CB radios built for 4WD, trucking, and off-road adventures across Australia.
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The late USA rev R3 firmware does Gatso.I have an R3, and a couple of years back I spent a bit of time messing with custom firmwares and talking to some people who are connected with Uniden. Apparently, the engineering effort behind the R3 and other similar generation Uniden RD's was the result of 1, maybe 2 people. A VERY small engineering and dev team that did some amazing work, all things considered.
(If only the R3 hardware went lower in K band frequency to detect the pesky Gatso cameras we have here, it would be perfect.)
As for Uniden CB's, my black face Grant XL that I got new as a kid, and my 980SSB still work great (no LCD issue here). I think they would struggle to compete financially, and make it worthwhile in today's 11m radio market. They do have a fairly extensive and current UHF CB market (477MHz CB) in AU/NZ.
Uniden Handheld In-Car Radios | Reliable UHF CB Range
Explore Uniden In-Car Handheld Radios. Reliable UHF CB comms for work, travel, and off-road driving. Built tough for Aussie conditions, UHF In Car Shop Uniden In-Car Handheld Radios. Durable, compact UHF CB radios built for 4WD, trucking, and off-road adventures across Australia.
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I have one that I use when it storms and the display is okay. I did have one that was bad when new. It is a good CB radio.
Yes but the hardware on my R3 doesn't go below 24.050 GHz on K band, and as luck would have it, most of the GATSO's are just below this here.
That is so true; the market will no longer warrant the R&D cost of producing new radios. They are also up against the exports, we all know nobody follows the rules anymore so to be competitive they would need to come out with an export killer. They won't because the FCC would thump them with big fines... it is no longer worth it. China owns us now...