Question 1

what is alpha tagging, also is this still the best value for money unit

Accepted Answer

Hi Mr T- Alpha tagging is a name you can give to a channel or frequency that you have found or listen to regularly. It helps you keep track of what your listening to. Having named your favourite channels or frequencies makes them easier to find again, and saves time scanning through a block of frequencies trying to find something you heard a few days ago etc. So Alpha tagging is just the ability to name a frequency or channel. This scanner is a good piece of kit and is good value for the money. I use it mainly for aircraft and marine band listening. If you have a pad or smartphone you can download apps that allow you to see the plane or ship you are listening to. Flight Radar and Marine Traffic are the apps I use. The scanner can be awkward to use and I complained to Uniden about how the user experience could be improved. Once you get your head around the menus it's a capable little scanner. You cannot use it while it's connected to the charger though. Nice little scanner but has a fiddly and awkward menu system. Hope this info helps you.

Question 2

is there an in-car charger and a mains charger for the alt 125? Thanks

Accepted Answer

Hi John. A UK mains charger is included (and USB charge lead). Currently we don't have an in car charger. However, most USB in car chargers will suffice. These are very common and easy to get.

Question 3

Are the tuning steps on this unit fully suitable for the UK? Am new to scanning, long time lapsed Ham.

Accepted Answer

This scanner covers all UK including air band, local taxes , cb radio, ham bands etc etc.

Question 4

Can you program all 500 channel to the civil airband frequency range

Accepted Answer

Yes, but it does not have an 8.33 kHz AM filter so you can get upto 3 channels on the same frequency. You'd need to spend a lot more money for a scanner that does the VHF Airband properly.

ASIN	B00HQCUXI4
Best Sellers Rank	37,435 in Electronics & Photo ( See Top 100 in Electronics & Photo ) 640 in Radio Communication
Box Contents	Radio, Antenna, Instructions, Batteries , USB Jack
Brand	Uniden
Brand Name	Uniden
Connectivity technology	USB
Customer Reviews	4.6 out of 5 stars 1,670 Reviews
Global Trade Identification Number	04954355102819
Item Weight	0.17 Kilograms
Item weight	0.17 Kilograms
Light Source Type	LED
Manufacturer	Uniden
Media Type	USB
Minimum System Requirements	Windows 7
Model Name	UBC-125XLT
Model name	UBC-125XLT
Network Connectivity Technology	USB
Optical Sensor Technology	CCD
Product Warranty	1 year manufacturer
Resolution	1050
Scanner Type	Radio
Scanner type	Radio

Uniden UBC-125XLT Handheld Scanner

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