[TheList] New Uniden EZI30XLT scanner

Sat May 5 09:51:07 AEST 2012

Anyone using one?

Bob the Bookman

On 05/05/2012, at 12:35 AM, "Andrew King" <kinga at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> Out of the box it comes in VK mode and has to be changed to ZL mode by holding a button while powering on.
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> Memory scanning is fast.  Sensitivity is not too bad.  Selectivity suffers a bit with strong signals.  Squelch is fast.
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> It has all of the marine and PRS channels (40) pre-programmed which is nice. 
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> Not too hard to drive.  It has all the common NZ emergency service channels pre-programmed.
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> FM broadcast reception is good.
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> Runs on 3 x AA batteries – battery life is OK.  An external charger is required.
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> Audio is loud and clear through internal speaker and standard stereo headphones work properly.
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> Biggest problem is that ‘band’ scanning is an undocumented feature!  (It can be done - no thanks to Uniden support L)
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> Scanning the Aircraft band is done in 12.5 kHz steps which makes it slower than it needs to be but load up a few memories and its good.
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> It has a ‘Misc’ band which you can load with a mixture of frequencies from any band which some scanners don’t allow.
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> Over all its not bad for the price.
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> Roo.
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> From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Scott Palmer
> Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 22:33
> To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> Subject: [TheList] New Uniden EZI30XLT scanner
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> http://www.uniden.co.nz/RESOURCES_MAIN/pdfs/NZ_EZI30XLT_Range_Brochure.pdf
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> Anyone tried one?
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