<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Anyone using one?<br><br><div>Bob the Bookman</div><div><br></div><br></div><div><br>On 05/05/2012, at 12:35 AM, "Andrew King" <<a href="mailto:kinga@slingshot.co.nz">kinga@slingshot.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Out of the box it comes in VK mode and has to be changed to ZL mode by holding a button while powering on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Memory scanning is fast. Sensitivity is not too bad. Selectivity suffers a bit with strong signals. Squelch is fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It has all of the marine and PRS channels (40) pre-programmed which is nice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Not too hard to drive. It has all the common NZ emergency service channels pre-programmed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">FM broadcast reception is good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Runs on 3 x AA batteries – battery life is OK. An external charger is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Audio is loud and clear through internal speaker and standard stereo headphones work properly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Biggest problem is that ‘band’ scanning is an undocumented feature! (It can be done - no thanks to Uniden support </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">L</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It has a ‘Misc’ band which you can load with a mixture of frequencies from any band which some scanners don’t allow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Over all its not bad for the price.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Roo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz">thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz</a> [mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Palmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 4 May 2012 22:33<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:thelist@radiowiki.org.nz"><a href="mailto:thelist@radiowiki.org.nz">thelist@radiowiki.org.nz</a></a><br><b>Subject:</b> [TheList] New Uniden EZI30XLT scanner<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.uniden.co.nz/RESOURCES_MAIN/pdfs/NZ_EZI30XLT_Range_Brochure.pdf"><a href="http://www.uniden.co.nz/RESOURCES_MAIN/pdfs/NZ_EZI30XLT_Range_Brochure.pdf">http://www.uniden.co.nz/RESOURCES_MAIN/pdfs/NZ_EZI30XLT_Range_Brochure.pdf</a></a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Anyone tried one?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>TheList mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:TheList@radiowiki.org.nz">TheList@radiowiki.org.nz</a></span><br><span><a href="http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz">http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>