![]() ![]() ![]() As it happens, I haven't needed to yet, as I'm having so much fun searching, with scanning taking a back seat. Memories with no numbered banks and channels?! Time to get to grips with it before I get left behind, I suppose. The Uniden 230 and the 3500 both seem to be fairly fast at doing what they do, but the newfangled Dynamic Memory system seemed set to confuse me, set in my ways since my first scanner in the 1980s. Looking at the radio dealer websites for scanners in my price range, some things don't seem to haven changed for years - like relatively slow scan speeds still bogging down many receivers - but with recent Uniden scanners things have moved on enough that I just had to try one out for myself. Searching a band is equally tedious, with no lockout ability, and as for the fun of Close Call, that's something that definitely called for a Uniden. They are unbearably slow to scan, so it's not much use loading up a hundred channels that may be interesting if they burst into life (Short Term Hire, UK General, Search and Rescue, Amateur calling/chat channels, Special Events, PMR446/FRS etc) because it would take so long to scan them all that it would probably miss short transmissions or at least the vital first seconds of any over. Ham rigs usually don't have airband for those times I fancy it. ![]() Amateur rigs were ruled out, mainly because I have an old handheld at hand if I really need to transmit, but most of the time I'm just listening so it makes more sense to buy the right tool for the job. It was clearly time to invest in something to allow me to scan and search while away from home. It has been a few years since I last bought a scanner, but due to the recent death of my out-and-about transceiver with extended receive (and disappointing scan/search performance), I found myself disconnected from the world of radio while in the car. And if you think the newest scanners look too complicated, let me set the record straight! I'm so impressed, I just had to share my enthusiasm with you. ![]()
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