The 125 is a good little radio. Close call is it and miss. I have a few scanners myself, including the 125. Im lucky with my 3600xlt, it has bult in GPS... When I get CC hits it stores the lat and long. Try the Watson 901 its a great little antenna ... I have a few vids on my channel
The close call on my Uniden 125 works great. I can pick up planes flying overhead, and even security guards radios in the shops around 3/4 mile away. I live in a raised position looking down over the town which may help with receiving the signal. Does the squelch setting have any bearing on the sensitivity of the close call mode ?
Id like to see a close call on UHF, my 125 is dog crap no matter what antenna i have it doesn’t pick up much at all even if I’m stood right at the fence with pre programmed freqs
The Close Call function has two modes for displaying the received frequency. In the first mode, you need to have time to press any button very quickly, to see the transmitter frequency. The second mode makes a temporary write to the databank memory register called CLOSE CALL HITS. The most difficult thing is to find and see what is written in this bank. Before each start of the CLOSE CALL function, it is necessary to enter the Close Call menu, find the Scan Hits function, go into it, and select SCAN HITS ON and press the PgmE button. After you start the Close Call only mode, and after, when you receive the carrier frequency, you can view it later, while the Close Call function is running, press the SCAN button, then immediately the HOLD button, you turn the knob at the top of the scanner counterclockwise and find the treasured data bank called CLOSE CALL HITS, and there are all your received frequencies.
Actually you don't have to press any button quickly at all, once you learn how to program the delay setting. You can even set it to infinite so it will hold until you check it. I use 30 seconds instead though so I already know or don't want to check it will go back to listening for other stuff.
Hi I just purchased a uniden ubc125xlt for my daughter and we live in Nottingham could you advise me on a antenna to purchase so she can listen to air traffic control from home... Any advice greatly received... Thanks
The Homebase antenna I use is the diamond D777. You should hear air traffic speaking to EMA East Midlands Airport with the stock antenna try listening to frequency 124.005 MHz EMA on this frequency you will hear air traffic approaching and departing EMA and 126.175 is EMA Radar you will hear air traffic within EMA controlled airspace. Another good frequency is high altitude air traffic that goes over the Midlands 127.100 London Control. KR Jason
Had one of these. I hung it on the fence at Gatwick and forgot it 😂 someone had a lucky day
Just watching now mate, looks like a great video
The 125 is a good little radio. Close call is it and miss. I have a few scanners myself, including the 125. Im lucky with my 3600xlt, it has bult in GPS... When I get CC hits it stores the lat and long. Try the Watson 901 its a great little antenna ... I have a few vids on my channel
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll have a look at the 901 antenna. I’ll have a look at your channel also 👍
The close call on my Uniden 125 works great. I can pick up planes flying overhead, and even security guards radios in the shops around 3/4 mile away.
I live in a raised position looking down over the town which may help with receiving the signal.
Does the squelch setting have any bearing on the sensitivity of the close call mode ?
Try the Broadsword antenna. I find it to be very good
Id like to see a close call on UHF, my 125 is dog crap no matter what antenna i have it doesn’t pick up much at all even if I’m stood right at the fence with pre programmed freqs
The Close Call function has two modes for displaying the received frequency. In the first mode, you need to have time to press any button very quickly,
to see the transmitter frequency. The second mode makes a temporary write to the databank memory register called CLOSE CALL HITS.
The most difficult thing is to find and see what is written in this bank. Before each start of the CLOSE CALL function, it is necessary to enter the Close Call menu,
find the Scan Hits function, go into it, and select SCAN HITS ON and press the PgmE button. After you start the Close Call only mode, and after,
when you receive the carrier frequency, you can view it later, while the Close Call function is running, press the SCAN button,
then immediately the HOLD button, you turn the knob at the top of the scanner counterclockwise and find the treasured data bank called CLOSE CALL HITS,
and there are all your received frequencies.
Actually you don't have to press any button quickly at all, once you learn how to program the delay setting. You can even set it to infinite so it will hold until you check it. I use 30 seconds instead though so I already know or don't want to check it will go back to listening for other stuff.
Hi I just purchased a uniden ubc125xlt for my daughter and we live in Nottingham could you advise me on a antenna to purchase so she can listen to air traffic control from home... Any advice greatly received... Thanks
The Homebase antenna I use is the diamond D777. You should hear air traffic speaking to EMA East Midlands Airport with the stock antenna try listening to frequency 124.005 MHz EMA on this frequency you will hear air traffic approaching and departing EMA and 126.175 is EMA Radar you will hear air traffic within EMA controlled airspace.
Another good frequency is high altitude air traffic that goes over the Midlands 127.100 London Control.
KR
Jason
I've heard you must be within 200 m to receive any close call hits.
is the UBC125XLT Allowed or not?
Depends on where you live
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