[TheList] Uniden digital scanners

Mon Sep 16 19:51:10 AEST 2019

US versions often lack the 4m band (68-88 MHz) and therefore are no use 
for listening to the ESA band in NZ (where in a lot of the country the 
Police & Fire reside). Please do your due diligence before purchase. 
Often models starting with BC instead of UBC have no 4m band.

On 16/09/2019 4:17 PM, Radio Scanner wrote:
> Re US/CA model vs NZ model, the only difference I can see is having 
> the AMPS band blocked. When I got mine they weren't exactly easy to 
> get hold of so I had to make do with the version I got. Also worth 
> mentioning is that in addition to setting any modulation in any band, 
> you can also set the step in any band you choose too. 
> 5,6.25,12.5,25,50khz.
>
> On 16/09/2019 3:39 p.m., ChrisH wrote:
>> When I was in the US last and purchased my Icon-IC-R30 scanner, I was 
>> able to purchase the US Govt. version because I was transiting the 
>> country with my passport and a return ticket.
>> They sold it to me no problem.
>>
>> Would have brought in NZ by the way, but had US Dollars from previous 
>> trip and I was able to touch it in the store, RWB are fantastic here 
>> in NZ for equipment, and would recommend them if you are looking for 
>> Icom gear.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 16/09/2019, at 11:10 AM, Mark Foster <blakjak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've always steered away from purchasing US-market Scanners for this 
>>> reason! :-)
>>>
>>> Never heard of any user-level way to modify a US-market Scanner to 
>>> better suit ESA band scanning in NZ.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 9:41 PM Rolf Comez <lowlandvideonz at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:lowlandvideonz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi Gary I do have software for my Uniden BTX8 to program
>>>     channels but do not get the make changes to the Modulation.
>>>     My AOR 1000XLT that stop working only last month after 30 year
>>>     of service  I was able to set the modulation in search mode so
>>>     fare as I remember.
>>>     My 3 units Uniden UBC 9000xlt you can set any modulation in
>>>     search mode in any band.
>>>     So maybe looking for the right scanner
>>>     Cheesr Rolf
>>>
>>>     On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 5:12 PM Radio Scanner
>>>     <rs157950 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>         I have a Canadian model 396T which is dated 2006. You can
>>>         set any
>>>         modulation available in any band. NFM,FM,WFM,AM. Would like
>>>         a NZ/AU
>>>         version some day but a bank of RTLSDRs is so much more
>>>         universal...
>>>
>>>         On 15/09/2019 3:57 p.m., Gary Stone wrote:
>>>         > Can anyone tell me if the later models of Uniden digital
>>>         scanners can
>>>         > have their parameters changed at all?
>>>         >
>>>         > I have noticed that the ones that have continuous coverage
>>>         say from
>>>         > 25-512mhz have certain bands set with different modes and
>>>         would like
>>>         > the ability to change those modes, for example 76-87mhz is
>>>         set to WFM
>>>         > for TV however it would be cool if one could get inside
>>>         and change it
>>>         > to FM for obvious reasons or is it hard set to the chip?
>>>         > Also to be able to change the Police/Fire area frequencies
>>>         to suit NZ
>>>         > not America and Canada
>>>         >
>>>         > cheers
>>>         > Gary
>>>         >
>>>         > P.S. have heard somewhere that there may be software out
>>>         there able to
>>>         > do this but could be wrong.
>>>         >
>>>         >
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