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Posted by James C on June 22, 2001 at 02:34:53:
In Reply to: Re: UBC780-XLT Where's the VFO posted by JWP on June 20, 2001 at 21:18:11:
JWP.. Yes I kind of agree with you on several of your points...
1. Substituting a memory or two as a VFO is no real answer at all
2. Other brands "do" have a useable VFO. I have a Yaesu VR-5000,
an Icom R-10, a Yupiteru MVT8000 which all have a VFO. I also
have an Icom R-8500 and even though it is more or less similar
to the 780, at least you can tune from each memory without
worrying about losing the original contents and you can still
key in any frequency, mode and step size and press Enter to get
it and it wont overwrite. 0 out of 10 to Uniden for this.
3. Uniden "Have to get off their Butts" and put out a scanner
with straight through coverage. That means "No Gaps" This
nonsense of 25 - 512, 800 - 956, 1240 - 1300 mhz is out of
the prehistoric ages (not counting blocked bands). Even though
the large chunk from 513 - 799 is mostly or only TV, they've
given you the other TV bands and Wide FM... Why not just leave
it as it should be. They are sorely lagging in common sense
here. From what I saw before I bought mine, I thought that
it had 25 - 1300 mhz coverage, straight.
Even though I think of the 780 as Unidens' best yet (and by a big
margin), why do they cut the smallest of corners from making this
an even better one. Personally, I have to say that,, even though
the 780 "is" a great scanner,, it still has a ways to go to be
competitive in any major league stuff.
The sad thing is that Uniden have been around long enough to know
these little things.
You are right about the "Pefect Scanner" scenario. I too am still
on the lookout for it. I'm afraid I may have been taken in by all
of the hype in my decision to buy the 780. I've only had it for 4
days now and I am finding things that I dislike as fast as I am
finding that I do like.
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