Scanners & Radios

The Series

Full 25-volume series

In reading order. Volumes 1 and 21–25 are cross-cutting synthesis pieces; volumes 2–20 cover individual radios and scanners.

  1. Vol 1 Overview, Decision Graph, and How to Read This Series Tour of every radio, scanner, and DMR hotspot in Jeff's lineup — license tiers, posture mapping, decision graphs, per-radio volume template, and how to navigate the 25-volume series
  2. Vol 2 Yaesu VX-8DR Quad-band ham handheld with GPS, APRS, and submersible IPX7 chassis
  3. Vol 3 Baofeng F8HP 8-watt dual-band (2m/70cm) ham handheld — the higher-output Baofeng
  4. Vol 4 Baofeng UV-B5 Legacy dual-band ham handheld — Baofeng's earlier-generation workhorse
  5. Vol 5 AnyTone AT-D878UVII PLUS Top-tier DMR handheld with dual-receive, Bluetooth, APRS, AES encryption
  6. Vol 6 Xiegu X6100 Portable HF/6m transceiver with built-in tuner and color touchscreen
  7. Vol 7 Xiegu XPA125B 100-watt HF/6m amplifier with built-in antenna tuner
  8. Vol 8 Tecsun PL-880 Premium shortwave portable receiver with SSB, RDS, and hidden firmware features
  9. Vol 9 Midland WR120 NOAA weather radio with S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding) alerting
  10. Vol 10 Uniden SDS100 Flagship handheld digital scanner — TrueIQ baseband, P25 Phase II, ProVoice option
  11. Vol 11 Uniden SDS200 Flagship base/mobile digital scanner — sibling of SDS100, more output/inputs
  12. Vol 12 Uniden BCD536HP Mid-tier base/mobile digital scanner — P25 Phase II, GPS, Wi-Fi remote via ProScan
  13. Vol 13 Uniden BCD396XT Mid-tier handheld digital scanner — P25 Phase II, ProVoice option, AmbeXT vocoder
  14. Vol 14 Uniden BC246T Legacy handheld Trunk Tracker III — analog Motorola Type II + EDACS + LTR trunking
  15. Vol 15 Uniden BC350A Legacy desktop analog scanner — pre-trunking, simple 100-channel base
  16. Vol 16 Uniden BC355N Legacy compact mobile analog scanner — popular NASCAR/race-day scanner
  17. Vol 17 Uniden Homepatrol Zip-code-programmable digital scanner — load by location, no per-channel programming
  18. Vol 18 SkyBridge Plus BridgeCom commercial DMR hotspot — turnkey appliance
  19. Vol 19 DIY WPSD HotSpot Pi-Star/WPSD/MMDVM DMR hotspot with Nextion display — Jeff's hand-built setup
  20. Vol 20 DMR Network Architecture BrandMeister, TGIF, W0CHP, talkgroups, reflectors, codeplugs that work
  21. Vol 21 Programming Software Landscape ProScan, FreeScan, Sentinel, wfView, CHIRP, vendor CPS — what runs what, on which platform
  22. Vol 22 Frequency Planning & License Envelope Part 97 amateur, Part 95 GMRS/FRS/CB/MURS, Part 90 LMR RX-only, Part 87 aero RX, Part 80 marine + NOAA, Part 22 cellular — what's legal to TX, what's legal to RX, and where the bench actually lives
  23. Vol 23 Test Equipment & Accessories Gigatronics 6060A-series signal generators, MFJ-419 CW Elmer, MFJ-422D Keyer Paddle, Radio City Products 665 VTVM
  24. Vol 24 WiPhone SIP/VoIP phone — radio-adjacent device that lives in the bench drawer
  25. Vol 25 Cheatsheet + Glossary + Canonical Anchor Index Laminate-ready field cards, A-Z glossary, anchor index for sibling deep dives