Control and Programming Software for the ubc125xlt

One of the things ive found playing with my new toy, is that controlling it is not exactly the most intuitive process! It does take a bit of getting to grips with, and the manual, although not Chinglish, is far from straightforward or well laid out.

Direct entry of a frequency, and its storing in memory, is not as simple as my venerable MVT-7100, but then, the Yupiteru doesnt do alpha-tagging to allow naming of stored channels. So the entry of more than a couple of frequencies is rather tedious and tiresome.

Luckily, a chap by the name of Nick Bailey has created a Visual Basic program to program and control the scanner from a PC.

Scan125 is the programs name, and it can be obtained from http://www.nick-bailey.co.uk/scan125/ 

Its takes a little time to find your way around, but its certainly much easier than direct entry! Especially as the entire scan banks can be edited on the PC, handy when first setting up with a lot of channels to enter!

Two things with it though, first, you must follow the instructions to set up the driver for the scanner properly. Its simple but different! Second, a splash screen will annoy you every 10mins if you dont register the software. Registration is easy but he does do it by a rather odd method involving a lot of clicking of mouse buttons.

For many people, especially those who are new to the use of scanning receivers, the big problem they have is finding something to listen to! Here, I would always suggest to start with the VHF Airband, as there are always signals there. Beyond that, many people give up quickly due to not finding anything to listen to, as the patience required seems to be beyond many. To this end, I would advise at first start up to chuck the PMR446 and UK 'Simple' Business radio frequencies in. These are very widely used due to the low licensing costs (free for PMR446 and £75 every half-decade for Simple).

Those coming to the hobby with a view to listening to the emergency services or mobile phones (as per the good old days!) - FORGET IT!!!


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