bearcat 3500xlt

what_car

hi folks, am considering getting one of these
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=3500xlt&source=15&SD=Y
from maplin £169.99 €224 euro..


i checked on cqcomms site and its €399 there wots the story?
it says its a new model radio ,, how long has this model out, and is it any good for general listening,

apart from the usual, stuff, between 109-400 mhz approx what else can be heard ., ie from 400-1.3ghz? what sorta stuff operates at this range?


cheers

watty

FM modes (I think the scanner only does AM and FM audio, no SSB or digital or TV modes)
430MHz to 440MHz, Amateur Radio
470MHz to 860MHz sound of TV channels
864MHz Wireless Microphones
440MHz to 470MHz Mobile Radio (Taxis, services..)
446MHz, 16 channels of 8.33Khz spacing, the PMR446 walkie talkies and Baby alarms

1.2GHz to 1.3Ghz. Mostly FM ATV or SSB, but some FM Amateur Radio in theory. Unlikely though.

There are sevices at 865 to 1.2GHz, that are digital so this radio can't hear them.

Some Experimenter FM on 28Mhz to 29.7MHz, 50 to 52Mhz and 70MHz

Some FM Mobile 52MHz to 69Mhz and 72MHz to 87MHz

Churches on 27MHz ..28MHz approx
CB 26MHz to 27MHz approx (can be AM, FM or SSB).

these kind of scanners never have SSB, CW or Digital modes.

what_car

watty wrote: »

FM modes (I think the scanner only does AM and FM audio, no SSB or digital or TV modes)
430MHz to 440MHz, Amateur Radio
470MHz to 860MHz sound of TV channels
864MHz Wireless Microphones
440MHz to 470MHz Mobile Radio (Taxis, services..)
446MHz, 16 channels of 8.33Khz spacing, the PMR446 walkie talkies and Baby alarms

1.2GHz to 1.3Ghz. Mostly FM ATV or SSB, but some FM Amateur Radio in theory. Unlikely though.

There are sevices at 865 to 1.2GHz, that are digital so this radio can't hear them.

Some Experimenter FM on 28Mhz to 29.7MHz, 50 to 52Mhz and 70MHz

Some FM Mobile 52MHz to 69Mhz and 72MHz to 87MHz

Churches on 27MHz ..28MHz approx
CB 26MHz to 27MHz approx (can be AM, FM or SSB).

these kind of scanners never have SSB, CW or Digital modes.

so watty from your list there it seems quite limited really what you can listen to... '? in terms of the ubc 3500xlt, the one on the maplin site looks much newer revamped version

look at this
http://www.radioscan.co.uk/ubc3500xlt.html


then this on maplin


http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=222288&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=uniden&doy=21m2

they look a bit different....




can you recommend a good scanner, the stuff that you mention on digital isnt that obviously encrypted?
i would like to recieve satellite images, etc,
cheers

watty

Need a laptop
set to around 137.125MHz FM and use special software on Laptop and connect sound line in to ear out.

Google.

No scanner does any digital stuff.

Oilrig

I have one of these, not with me now, but from memory it covers a huge bandwidth. I bought it having read numerous scanner sites that all declared it the mutts nuts?

Cost about €220 from Radioscan in the UK.

Get the cable & software while you're at it.

stylers

you will need the cable if you want to do any serious programming or logging with it. you could get the scanner and cable together from the offer on the monitoring monthly website for about 200 euro now, see http://www.monitoringmonthly.co.uk

they will also supply a cdrom with a copy of bcTool and a more friendly user manual on it. its a good deal. bcTool is a completely free software tool for working with the uniden scanners and is still undergoing development, see http://www.bctool.org

also you could try any of the big UK sellers, e.g. waters and stanton, martin lynch and sons etc.

beware if you have a laptop with no proper serial port, you will also need a USB-serial converter.

the 3500xlt also does WFM for broadcast FM radio. in reality, you will not need SSB or any other modes, and scanners with these dont work too well (with exceptions)