help please

Location : northolt Spotter Watch Member : no

i'm going to buy a new scanner, my budget is £180, any ideas ???
i only have 2 ideas which is a uniden ubc 3500xlt or a icom ic-r5
also i dont mind second hand although my budget for second hand is £120

any comments or suggestions welcome

thanks
james

Subject: Re: help please 2009-07-10, 12:54

Is this any good :-

http://fightercontrol.forumotion.com/for-sale-wanted-f55/for-sale-uniden-ubc-3500xlt-scanner-t11982.htm#63250

Location : northolt Spotter Watch Member : no

thanks for the reply mate but no as it is second hand and is only £24 cheaper than a brand new one !!

Location : various

Flaps wrote:: Is this any good :-

http://fightercontrol.forumotion.com/for-sale-wanted-f55/for-sale-uniden-ubc-3500xlt-scanner-t11982.htm#63250

Expensive for an incmplete third hand (at least) 3500

Location : various

jamesascot wrote:: i'm going to buy a new scanner, my budget is £180, any ideas ???
i only have 2 ideas which is a uniden ubc 3500xlt or a icom ic-r5
also i dont mind second hand although my budget for second hand is £120

any comments or suggestions welcome

thanks
james

I don't see why your budget is lower for a second-hand unit...theoretically you could get a far better second-hand radio with the higher figure.

Let's start making assumptions - you want a handheld, you want a minimum of civil airband and military 'airband', you don't want any other accesories (software, interface cables, decent aerials)

Yep, giving us a financial figure tells us next to nothing about what you actually want/need so it's not very easy to make informed suggestions