A reader has posted the following:
'I am in the market for an airband scanner. Requirements are; Hand held model. Good reception. Replaceable batteries i.e. not rechargeable battery pack.8.33 MHz steps.VHF, UHF and HF with no gaps. Cost irrelevant.Which would you recommend ??'
If you would like to contribute a recommendation, please hit the comments button, thanks. Mark.
2 comments:
Uniden BR330T 'nuff said. I've had mine a couple of months now and rate it very highly for all civ air and mil air. The supplied antenna is excellent for 'on site' monitoring, but I would recommend an upgrade for remote use - tho' that recommendation would stand for *any* handheld scanner. There is a Yahoo! group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Uniden-Close-Call-Euro/ which details using this scanner in a UK/European context. I paid 160ukp delivered for mine btw. Do a search on ebay for BR330T.
-Rob
Thinking on....
If hf is particularly important to the original enquirer, and after a fair bit more experimentation, the performance and features of the AOR AR8200MKIII is somewhat better than the 330T - it has LSB and USB, and appears *slightly* more sensitive at the hf end than the 330T, however as a complete package, I'd still say the 330T was the better choice. The AOR has a somewhat quirky programming/operating procedure ;-) Tho' having said that, the AOR seems to be able to pull in a signal with any old bit o' wire as an antenna. It IS however 2 to 3 times the price of the 330T (150-160ukp vs 360-440ukp street prices).
-Rob
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