Customer Reviews

UBC-3500XLT 2500 Channel Handheld Scanning Receiver

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is my first scanner and I bought it second-hand, but hardly used, off Ebay.

Really easy to use. I had it working in a few minutes with hardly needing to refer to the instructions for basic operation.

Contrary to the other reviewer, the batteries last ages. Have had it on virtually all day with no loss of power.

Feels sturdy and well made - not at all plasticky.

Extremely pleased with my purchase.

As a scanning novice I was after a scanner which would be easy to use and set up. The Uniden ubc350xlt was recomended to me and I purchased one from Amazon. I've been manually inputting frequencies as Uniden don't supply a data cable (or software) with it. The rechargable batteries (supplied) last for ages and I am reasonably happy with it, but the owners manual can be hard to understand and I don't think its the easiest scanner for a beginner to use. Overall I think it's well made, reaonably priced but a little bit too complicated for someone not familiar with scanners.

This is the second scanner that I have bough from Uniden the first was the UBC72xlt which I found was not the easiest radio to program. The new Uniden UBC3500xlt is so much better in many ways a pleasure to use, keeping it simple buy it!

I have used other bearcat scanners in the past & when starting with the UBC-3500xlt I found it to be quite confusing. The manual doesnt really go in depth on how to begin. A quick trip onto you tube & I found some videos on how to program the scanner & how to use some of the functions.
I am now about a month into using the scanner & it is programmed with most of the local transmissions in my area. I use a wall mounted skan king antenna at the side of my house to get a better range & I bought a wilson-881 handheld antenna which greatly increased reception better than the standard uniden antenna that was included. Plus points on the ubc3500 is the close call function, it is always useful to pick up local transmissions but it is an absolute pain when it picks up paging repeaters,however, the lockout function helps with this. Bad points, there arent many, I would like to have SSB,LSB,USB etc added into the system of the scanner but looking at other scanners that have this would probably bump up the price to near £600.
Plenty of room to store the found frequencies, great function to search & autostore but overall a little complicated if you dont want to spend time figuring it all out. First off if you buy the ubc3500xlt, get a house mounted discone antenna & a moonraker scanner pre amplifier. this will boost your scanning by a million. Secondly, get on the internet & watch a few videos, this helped me to understand the programming a bit better.

Great scanner, 5 stars in its own right. Gave only 4 stars as the user manual is in-decipherable. Don't let this put you off though as a quick Google search will find a better set out and easier to use version.

Overall very pleased with the product and would recommend to anyone.

Hi, I bought this Handheld scanner from radioscan, the scanner has a very cheap plastic feel to it, not like the radio Amateur handhelds. The recharge batteries only last for about 10 - 15 mins, but nothing was done about this! the rubber cap that covers the PC connection socket never goes back into place once it has been used.
The volume control and squelch are a pain in the back side, I have had radio gear since the late 70s and this is the worse radio/scanner I have ever bought, even and old Commtel com225 scans the channels faster!!!! also be very aware of people selling so called PC USB data connection cables, most turn out to be home made and cheap connectors.
Overall I am not happy with the scanner and could think of better scanners/radios to spend my cash on.