Hello all. I have been thinking about getting the Uniden BCD436hp has anyone used this radio to listen to military air yet? If so I would like to know how well it does.
Thanks
Fred
Chicago, IL
Thanks
Fred
Chicago, IL
I do listen mainly to Military and aircraft, but I do like to have something to listen to P25 stuff also. Base comms and so on. I was wishing this is the all in one radio for me.
Thanks all,
Fred
The 125AT is a good radio, just remember if your trying to listen to milair in the 137-150 MHz range, you can only listen in FM mode.
My favorite milair handheld is the PRO-164
I haven't had the 436 long enough to give an answer to your question, but check out this blog, he is a big tire milair listener:
My Take on the BCD436HP « KF4LMT's Radio Shack
The 436 and 536 are excellent in the Milair range (using an external antenna of course). Having the replay option comes in handy when a mush mouth pilot needs to be heard 10 times before figuring out what they said. While the speaker is okay on the 536, I do use external speakers on both radios to obtain better audio. The favorite lists makes it a breeze to have the scanners set up for home use, and also for the road.
Yes, you can setup the scanner just like a bc15x and 996xt. The preloaded database data is there if you want it and is not the only way to have the radio function. I actually have mine programed like my 780's and 785's for mil air. Search ranges and "banks." I utilize the favorite function somewhat like the V-Scanner function on my Pro106/197.
If you get a 436/536 & plan to use it for military aviation searching, keep in-mind that the brain trust at
uniden, despite being informed of the issue a couple years ago with the 396XT/996XT line, & claiming that they listen to their users, still haven't fixed their military aviation service search to reflect the proper, well-known characteristics used by military aviation in that spectrum.
What exactly are you referring to? 25 kHz search step?If you get a 436/536 & plan to use it for military aviation searching, keep in-mind that the brain trust at
uniden, despite being informed of the issue a couple years ago with the 396XT/996XT line, & claiming that they listen to their users, still haven't fixed their military aviation service search to reflect the proper, well-known characteristics used by military aviation in that spectrum.
I downloaded the manual online to check out all the features. Can you still setup your own scan lists of freqs that you program like a bc15x or 996xt? I was a little confused on the instruction manual! Lol! I'm not interested in have to scan through all kinds of stuff that the radio will download itself. I'm only interested if I can put in my own lists. Thanks
Did you ever get either of the 436 or 536 HP radios? Im trying to make a good MilAir favorties list and wondered if you've tried this?
Robert