So I am thoroughly impressed with the performance of the Uniden BCT15X performance on Mil Air. Especially image rejection even when connected to an external antenna designed for 225-400 and 118-150.8 MHz. I have a home brew multi-band dipole that is really surprising me right now.
I have other scanners that cover Mil Air and they are decent enough performers, but I am looking for a hand held with good image rejection in VHF and UHF Air bands including the VHF Mil Air ranges that also has good quick search capabilities like the BCT15X. I have a BCD396XT, but it has some issues with images, especially connected to an external antenna that frustrate searching.
My other scanners are a Sony Wavehawk which is too slow for searching, but does listen well for programmed channels. I also have a Pro-164 which does pretty good too, but does have some image rejection issues affecting searching and a few birdies in the way.
I am starting to look at other reasonably priced receivers such as the Icom IC-R6 and the Alinco DJ-X11.
What I would like to know from Mil Air fans here is, what is your experience with these receivers and is there anything else I should be considering that does not cost a lot more than the Alinco DJ-X11. I am trying to find one that performs very well for all VHF and UHF aviation monitoring and care less about anything else it receives. I am most concerned about image rejection and birdies in these bands as well as audio quality and to a lesser extent battery life. I just would not want one that eats batteries so if one lasts 8 hours and the other 15, no big deal for me.
Is there a much higher priced AOR or something that is really worth the extra expense?
I am mainly interested in VHF and UHF aviation receiver performance with fast search capabilities, and in a hand held. Other bands are negligible to me. I would welcome a receiver designed around the best performance from 118-151 and 225-400 and didn't even cover anything else. But of course that does not exist.
I have other scanners that cover Mil Air and they are decent enough performers, but I am looking for a hand held with good image rejection in VHF and UHF Air bands including the VHF Mil Air ranges that also has good quick search capabilities like the BCT15X. I have a BCD396XT, but it has some issues with images, especially connected to an external antenna that frustrate searching.
My other scanners are a Sony Wavehawk which is too slow for searching, but does listen well for programmed channels. I also have a Pro-164 which does pretty good too, but does have some image rejection issues affecting searching and a few birdies in the way.
I am starting to look at other reasonably priced receivers such as the Icom IC-R6 and the Alinco DJ-X11.
What I would like to know from Mil Air fans here is, what is your experience with these receivers and is there anything else I should be considering that does not cost a lot more than the Alinco DJ-X11. I am trying to find one that performs very well for all VHF and UHF aviation monitoring and care less about anything else it receives. I am most concerned about image rejection and birdies in these bands as well as audio quality and to a lesser extent battery life. I just would not want one that eats batteries so if one lasts 8 hours and the other 15, no big deal for me.
Is there a much higher priced AOR or something that is really worth the extra expense?
I am mainly interested in VHF and UHF aviation receiver performance with fast search capabilities, and in a hand held. Other bands are negligible to me. I would welcome a receiver designed around the best performance from 118-151 and 225-400 and didn't even cover anything else. But of course that does not exist.