Uniden BC365CRS 500 Channel Scanner and Alarm Clock with Snooze, Sleep, and FM Radio with Weather Alert, Search Bands Commonly used for Police, Fire/EMS, Aircraft, Radio, and Marine Transmissions

Works good and has good sound just kinda hard to program unless u are familiar with this stuff.

once we were able to program the system it worked fine. We had to pay someone to program it, sounds easy until you try to do it.

Ordered the BC365CRS on May 31st. Very fast service from Amazon, even with standard shipping. Unit arrived OK and all parts were in the pkg as advertised. This scanner is very easy to set up & program; took me just a few minutes to program the ANALOG (only) frequencies in. If you dont live in an urban setting, I recommend connecting an external antenna, as this will provide much better reception than the plug-in antenna included with the scanner. I also recommend hooking up an external speaker for best audio quality. This scanner has lots of great features such as a priority channel, FM radio, clock/alarm clock functions, lighted display, and battery back-up for programmed frequencies/clock in case of power failure. All in all, a great scanner for the money.

Delivered today on time and operational within 30 minutes. No frills or add on to this unit like a extended antenna or power source. Open box, read instructions and you are listening ! I have 50+ frequency running after I entered my wanted ones from my list...If you follow instructions every time you cant go wrong. As a firefighter I like to know whats going on in my region... the clear speaker is good, a bit tinny not deep based but is clear to understand. You can enter frequencys to listen to tac units, police, fire. The supplied antenna is good for ranges < 15 miles...otherwise need outside one. The weather/FM radio features are great, have them logged in sec. BUY this scanner I recommend it.

This was exactly what we wanted. Being a firemans wife, I like to be able to hear the calls he goes on to know hes safe, get an idea of how things are going to plan for things like dinner or other activities in case hes going to be delayed, and its somewhat entertaining to hear some of the crazy stuff you hear with police communications.

It is easy enough to locate the local frequencies which you may want to cover. I do not usually read user guides, but I followed this one closely. I consider myself tech savvy, but this was difficult to set up and is still not fully set up. We want this functionality but are not getting good use of the device because the setup information is so poorly informative. It stays off all the time. Setup is on my to-do list, but its been several weeks.

If you live within an area still using analog VHF UHF reception of local PD, FD, etc, it works fine. You want better reception plug a rooftop antenna into the BNC jack on the back of the scanner. That being said, there are no PL tones, 800 Mhz trunked, digital, or newer P25 radio system capabilities. Do your research before you purchase, to ensure it is compatible with the agencies you want to monitor in your area. Otherwise, you have wasted your money and will need a scanner in the $300. to $700. range.

My old handheld SONY scanner bit the dust after decades of great performance. It would pick up all kinds of radio traffic in my area, so I definitely feel I got my moneys worth. This new Bearcat is a disappointment. Perhaps every signal in my neighborhood was weakened or somehow diminished at the same time, but for whatever reason, this scanner doesnt pick up nearly the amount of traffic my previous Sony delivered. Ive positioned the Bearcat in exactly the same multiple locations in and around my home as the Sony, and still very, very limited reception. It pulls in FM and weather okay, so I know the antenna works. But as far as picking up local sheriff and police, this Bearcat leaves a LOT to be desired. I suppose the low low price reflects the low low receptivity.

Good buy

for the bedroom or living room as a secondary analog scanner, it works great. I have an SDS100, BCT15 and use SDR on the computer with a discone in the attic and this little radio/clock scanner with the stock telescopic antenna is picking up analog channels as good if not better than my other scanners. great little scanner for the family to use and listen too. Sound quality in the internal speaker isnt great, has a tinny sound but overall i like it. If you still have local analog stuff to listen too, (our FD and close other counties simulcast dispatch to analog) Then this thing is still a good little scanner. programming is a little clunky has to be done by hand on the scanner, i dont think you can program on a computer.