Whats a good scanner to buy ?

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Whats a good scanner to buy ?

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I know i should not be doing this , But here gos it is soon to be my husbands birthday and i am thinking of buying him a radio scanner he likes to listern to airband civil and militery and marine bands , He has one for use at home so i was thinking of a scanner he could take outdoors with him , What is your thoughts on this ?
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I use a Uniden 3500xlt for this, I don't think they sell them new now but you can get them on ebay pretty cheap usually pointless paying a lot cos they may get bored like most people do.
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Been offered a uniden UBC125XLT any good ?
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Good enough.
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