My opinion on the birdies in a R1500 is that it is very average,
certainly there are not less birdies then in a lower-cost scanner
that covers the same frequency-range
(i'm just talking about the birdies...not other qualities)
If you have a R1500 please confirm my findings.
The next part 1000~3300 Mhz will follow soon
but my first quick impressions on that part (the birdies) are not so
good.