Whistler WS1080 Handheld Digital Trunking Scanner (Black) - 2024 report by Whydis

Whistler WS1080 Handheld Digital Trunking Scanner (Black)

Product Packaging:Standard Packaging Whistler’s top of the line model, the WS1080 is a handheld digital trunking scanner with Motorola P25 Phase I, X2-TDMA and Phase II capabilities. It is ready to use out of the box with all USA/Canada frequencies...

Reviews by Features

Unit

(4 reviews)
Time

(2 reviews)
Scratch

(3 reviews)
Feature

(3 reviews)
Hand

(1 reviews)
Way

(2 reviews)
Keyboard

(2 reviews)
Quality

(1 reviews)
Whistler

(1 reviews)
Radio

(5 reviews)
Reception

(4 reviews)

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Reviews around unit (5.00 of 5)

  • We were told it was one of the best!This unit is unreal, Not recommended from here
  • The good is that the unit was very easy to program and was quite sensitive
  • Orderd this highly recommended unit for a legal officeWhen received the unit.

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Reviews around time (5.00 of 5)

  • Seriously, don't waste your time with this thing unless you already know all about digital trunking systems and have more free time than you know what to do with.
  • Many times, I lean over, and accidently a button is pushed on the keyboard by pressure from something outside my pocket

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Reviews around scratch (5.00 of 5)

  • Fine Scratch Remover -
  • This is for fine scratch removal and works nicely
  • This is for fine scratch removal and works nicely

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Reviews around feature (5.00 of 5)

  • The first day after programing my scan lists, the first transmission I heard involved an expired car registration stop involving a friend of mine; what are the odds of that happening?One nice aspect I really like is the ability to program custom flashing colors which identify who is broadcasting without your having to read the screen--a very cool feature which I found to be downplayed by both Whistler and Amazons' descriptives
  • The audio recording option is a great feature
  • One futuristic feature this radio scanner has is the ability to (by sub menus) route out the IF from the radio receiver if an external demodulator is needed for future radio coding schemes.

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Reviews around hand (5.00 of 5)

  • Would recommend hands down

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Reviews around way (5.00 of 5)

  • Best way to update the scanner is by purchasing a card reader, so you can update the mini 4 GB card that comes with the scanner
  • I chose to enter my frequencies the "preferred" way instead of by zip code

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Reviews around keyboard (5.00 of 5)

  • At first I was not sure if I would like not having a keyboard, now I like not having one
  • The numberless keyboard makes it very good for one handed operation

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Reviews around quality (5.00 of 5)

  • Fabulous price and great quality

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Reviews around whistler (5.00 of 5)

  • I just love my Whistler

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Reviews around radio (3.86 of 5)

  • I approached it like scanning was new to me and not assume that this radio would work like every other one
  • excellent radio for analog and digital requirements. had to call whistler for instructions on how to operate radio and spoke to the whistler group technicians john and cheri who were absolutely fantastic in helping me out with how to adjust the dsp adapt settings for use in the nyc metro area
  • This is a top notch radio scanner with excellent RF sensitivity.
  • I didn't have any problems programming the radio for my area

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Reviews around reception (3.61 of 5)

  • The reception is great, the 4 battery life is excellent, and the battery level indicator is accurate and is very handy.
  • Gets great reception for a handheld unit.
  • The voice is distorted sometimes and broken up reception
  • The BNC rubber duck stock antenna is short and stubby and it provides excellent reception

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More about Whistler WS1080 Handheld Digital Trunking Scanner (Black)

  • Product Packaging:Standard Packaging Whistler’s top of the line model, the WS1080 is a handheld digital trunking scanner with Motorola P25 Phase I, X2-TDMA and Phase II capabilities
  • It is ready to use out of the box with all USA/Canada frequencies pre-programmed onto the included SD card
  • It offers ease of use with a multifunction keypad and has Virtual Scanner mode that can store 200 various scanner configurations
  • The WS1080 also permits recording by scannable object and saves into a Windows compatible file.