Newbie request for Scanner help

Post by **TedGR4a** » Wed May 02, 2018 6:03 pm

Hi All,

I've seen the scanner below advertised for £60:

Uniden UBC-72XLT Handheld Radio Scanner

Will this be sufficient to listen in to Lossie Tower/Approach etc in Lossiemouth area please?

My first post so be gentle ;-)

Post by **scimitar** » Wed May 02, 2018 6:19 pm

Welcome,
You’ll need the 125xlt for military stuff and it’s about £115 or thereabouts. Also has better storage as well.

Post by **Bobcode** » Wed May 02, 2018 6:40 pm

I think you will be disappointed if you buy the 72xlt, you certainly will miss out on military airband.
As mentioned, the 125xlt is an excellent scanner, I have one, and it performs very well.
You could go for an older scanner that covers both, these can be had at a very reasonable price on a certain auction site, I have a GRE 295 which I paid £60 for, same price as the 72xlt, but covers mil-and performs very well.
Good luck with your choice ...."

Post by **marksergeant** » Wed May 02, 2018 9:12 pm

This is quite helpful to know for myself to I have a scanner at the min I can enter the Lossie frequency’s into it but I don’t seem to hear anything,

Post by **Lossiefan** » Wed May 02, 2018 9:48 pm

After some research realised scanners have gaps in scanned frequencies. I bought 125xlt

Post by **marksergeant** » Thu May 03, 2018 8:59 am

I have alinco Dj-x30

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Post by **TedGR4a** » Thu May 03, 2018 10:18 am

Thanks All, really appreciate the help which has stopped me making a school boy error :-)

Post by **np1991** » Thu May 03, 2018 11:25 am

marksergeant wrote:This is quite helpful to know for myself to I have a scanner at the min I can enter the Lossie frequency’s into it but I don’t seem to hear anything,

You'll do well to hear Lossie from Edinburgh but it's very unlikely given the heights the aircraft are usually at when their speaking to Lossie.

Post by **marksergeant** » Thu May 03, 2018 3:40 pm

np1991 wrote:
marksergeant wrote:This is quite helpful to know for myself to I have a scanner at the min I can enter the Lossie frequency’s into it but I don’t seem to hear anything,
You'll do well to hear Lossie from Edinburgh but it's very unlikely given the heights the aircraft are usually at when their speaking to Lossie.

Lol I know that, I come up to Lossie once/twice a year and would like to have a scanner that can actually listen in

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Post by **marksergeant** » Thu May 03, 2018 3:41 pm

np1991 wrote:
marksergeant wrote:This is quite helpful to know for myself to I have a scanner at the min I can enter the Lossie frequency’s into it but I don’t seem to hear anything,
You'll do well to hear Lossie from Edinburgh but it's very unlikely given the heights the aircraft are usually at when their speaking to Lossie.

I know that lol, I come up to Lossie once/twice a year and would like to be able to have something decent to listen in

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