UNIDEN UBC355 Clone , Desktop Budget Scanner - REVIEW & TEST

[@vk3xemontheweb]

Just picked up the Australian version Uniden UBC355XLT in perfect as new condition at a hamfest for $AU80, new price here is around $AU200. Great value.

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Bargain and fun

[@M6LSJ]

Many thanks for showing a great buy for the price.

[@j3xk72r9]

Tempting though this is for £87, I think the best budget scanner is the Whistler WS1025 at £99.95. I have the earlier Grecom version. You have a proper keypad to directly enter frequencies and ten banks of 20 channels each so you can set up a decent set of stored channels. It also does wideband FM for 88-108MHz broadcast stations.

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Yes seems a better choice.

[@DonzLockz]

Cheap as chips. Do you have a link for it? 👍

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Hi in description

[@tyreburster]

Would this scanner drain a car battery if left plugged in, even if the scanner was switched off?

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

No

[@tyreburster]

@HamTechRadioScannerDrones Thankyou. I really didn't expect an unpowered device could drain a battery. I confess I was concerned by the badly translated warning on the back plate of the Uniden.

[@MrSpaced28]

Does this do fm cb band.

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Yes

[@martingriffin4224]

I can't see where I'd does 23cms ?

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Ma aswell