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Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:50 pm
by meg
wishbone wrote:hey guys gave dick smith a call today and to my suprise they dont sell the uniden 93xlt yet!
now correct me if i am wrong but the 93xlt has been out for awhile, while i know its the updated version of the 92, surely dse carry them..the lady on the fone said that they dont sell them nor do they have them in stock...
could someone confirm with me that they do carry the 93xlt...cheers
nick!
I bought one off them about a year ago but I don't know about now - I thought the 92 had been discontinued?
At any rate, Prestige seem to have them cheaper than DSE at the moment
http://www.prestigecom.net.au/index.php ... cts_id=715
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:57 pm
by yorky
It isn't on DSE's website so chances are they don't have it.
Anyone know the diff between the 92 and 93?
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:58 pm
by Fitzyyy
I got a 93 from Tandy electronics a few weeks back. They seem to stock them
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:01 pm
by wishbone
Fitzyyy wrote:I got a 93 from Tandy electronics a few weeks back. They seem to stock them
thnx mate ill give them a ring...its jst that i have a dicksmith gift card, otherwise i wouldnt be able to afford one...i am trying get a price match...so is 218 the cheapest around?
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:04 pm
by Fitzyyy
wishbone wrote:Fitzyyy wrote:I got a 93 from Tandy electronics a few weeks back. They seem to stock them
thnx mate ill give them a ring...its jst that i have a dicksmith gift card, otherwise i wouldnt be able to afford one...i am trying get a price match...so is 218 the cheapest around?
Tandy sell them for $269 but I got a cash discount which brings it to $249 save $20
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:13 pm
by wishbone
Fitzyyy wrote:wishbone wrote:Fitzyyy wrote:I got a 93 from Tandy electronics a few weeks back. They seem to stock them
thnx mate ill give them a ring...its jst that i have a dicksmith gift card, otherwise i wouldnt be able to afford one...i am trying get a price match...so is 218 the cheapest around?
Tandy sell them for $269 but I got a cash discount which brings it to $249 save $20
thnx mate...bt do u think they can match the $218.90 by prestige? otherwise i might have to get the 73xlt instead...
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:19 pm
by Fitzyyy
Im not sure mate best to give them a ring and find out
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:22 pm
by wishbone
thnx mate...ill do that for sure...otherwise ill jst pick up the 73xlt....
cheers
nick
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:16 pm
by robbage
I went into a Dick Smith shop today that doesn't even sell electronic components.
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:21 pm
by wishbone
yeah dick smith dont seem to sell them...at one dse i called up (not going to mention which store), the lady didnt even know what a radio scanner was..after explaining it to her she tells me they dont have any...lol..anyways gave tandy a ring and they knew what it was, they seem to sell the 93xlt...im sure dick smith sell them too but the staff probably dont know what it is....
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:43 pm
by Tyranus
I know Midland dse has a couple of scanners...but not the 93XLT
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:54 pm
by Fitzyyy
Freamantle and Morley DSE had a few. Not sure what type though
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:26 pm
by wishbone
hey guys just picked up the 93xlt from tandy...for 218 bucks...been testing out the scanner in comparison with my UHF, and it seems like my UHF radio picks up more CB channels than my scanner...i thought the scanner was supposed to pick up the channels better than my 1watt uhf...a lil baffled....
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:32 pm
by yorky
The scanner antenna is designed to be broad, to receive from 30-850Mhz.
Where as the CB has an antenna designed for the CB allocation 477Mhz.
Of course if you just want to listen to CB you could buy the appropriate antenna for the scanner.
Re: Anyone shed some info on the ubc120xlt
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:35 pm
by robbage
Same antenna? Same location? The CB is designed specifically for UHF CB; the scanner is designed to do the best it can over a wide range of frequencies and modes so don't expect too much