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[Robbo]

Fellow Nerds,

 

I have been thinking of getting a desktop scanner and a discone antenna, however as I am hardly home it would not get much use so I am now looking at a basic handheld scanner. Just wondering the peoples views on the below handhelds. The second one has a charger and batterys.

 

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/491d021d126d4ac4273fc0a87e01065a/Product/View/D2764

 

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/491d021d126d4ac4273fc0a87e01065a/Product/View/D2765

 

I was also thinking of this but there is real no need to have digital so its not worth it.

 

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/491d021d126d4ac4273fc0a87e01065a/Product/View/D1849

 

 

[Guest David C]

Robbo

 

If you are looking to buy , check out www.prestigecom.com.au . They seem very competitive , as an example the Uniden UBC72XLT is advertised at $159 , and the same model is $199 at DSE . I am thinking of getting one myself , the "close call " facility is a definite draw card I think ..

 

Dave C

 

 

[Robbo]

Thanks Dave.

 

The other thing I was going to get was this one http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/491d35470da6e56c273fc0a87e0106b6/Product/View/D1933

 

along with a discone antenna

 

$399 for the scanner

 

$179 for the discone

 

 

[Guest OzChris]

Fellow Nerds' date='[/quote']lol

[Robbo]

Doh !!!

 

I called myself a nerd

 

 

[Guest David C]

I'm a Nerd and proud of it too .... Why all my nieces and nephews call me Uncle Nerd ..:redface:

 

Dave C

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

And from another nerd Robbo as I said to you, if you just want to feed atc or ACARS the $45 option of a 'Scantenna' from DSE is fine. On the subject of a discone, yes they do work well especially if you want to decode weather signals but if using it for running a live feed the Scantenna will be just as good. The 120XLT handheld will work well too just for that. Probably pick one up off E-Bay cheap. I am using the 120XLT to run my YSSY feed right now.

 

 

[Robbo]

Fellow Nerds, (excluding me)

 

I now have a uniden scanner and I am looking at a discone, i notice there are different times?

 

Heeelppppppppppp

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

I assume you mean types? I told you the 'Scantenna' is just as good (and alot cheaper). Trust me...

 

 

[Robbo]

Hey Daz

 

I am mucking about with windows media encoder. I cant work otu how to set it to my stream host. it needs to connect to there server

 

 

[Robbo]

think i got it.

 

 

[Guest David C]

I assume you mean types? I told you the 'Scantenna' is just as good (and alot cheaper). Trust me...

I have a "scantenna " too , and it's works fine , and as Darren says they are a lot cheaper as well ..

 

Dave C

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

See Robbo, another member has one too. They are fine for what you want to do mate. How did you go with Media Encoder? Sometimes you need to open a port. Let me know.

 

 

[Robbo]

Scantenna wont work where I am setting it up im over 200k from melb and hills galore, I remember the discone working fine before i sold it.

 

As for media encoder still can't get it going, I paid for a stream host, so I don't need to open a port because people don't connect to my computer they go to the other server (http://www.spacialnet.com)