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

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.

This is the kind of gift you get for someone who has everything. Or is bored. Or needs to have something to occupy their time while recovering. Or is part Meerkat (Craig and Shiela!). I would suggest reading the enclosed instructions more than a couple times before attempting to set this up. I would also suggest that you learn to program your local First Responder frequencies into it, or you wont be satisfied with your purchase. Also, use these responsibly. It was because of one of these that the rest of my family even knew of my fathers in-the-middle-of-the-night house fire and we could respond accordingly.

This particular Uniden scanner unit is a winner. Very easy to program with strong dynamic sound. Once set up for local fire and police it will run for years. A great scanner for beginners.

I have had scanners that last for years but unfortunately this one is really worth your money but all I could hear was static so loud constantly after I programed it I could not hear nothing but loud like squelch I returned it

For openers, the audio quality could be improved. My handheld sounds better and even has a larger speaker. That speaker is tiny. Dont complain about no trunking capability. You get what you pay for! Trunking scanners normally cost $300-$500. For about the $60 you pay, dont expect digital or trunking. The BNC antenna falls down, unless you have the antenna horizontal. The bayonet slots should have been alligned differently to allow the antenna to stand up on its own. There are very good memory banks for scanning (10 banks x 50) channels. The FM radio has 3 banks x 10. This leads me to ask about why is FM even a feature? I suppose since the scanner covers those frequencies, it may as well include the in-between band. It does have a broad range of frequencies. Given the sound quality, I doubt anyone would want to hear music. I can understand including NOAA Weather; but FM? Why the clock-radio functionality? Im not sure I want to wake up to reports of an MVA on the freeway with possible casualties. IDK. As I mentioned before, it covers a broad range: HF,VHF,UHF. 10 Meters,6 Meters, FM, Air, 2 Meters, 70 centimeters, GMRS, police, fire,EMS,Business land mobile, marine, MURS. Heck it even covers cordless phones and baby monitors! Good fast scan time. The manual isnt well written. I had to re-read it many times. Dont complain about frequencies not pre-programmed. How can any seller or manufacturer know what area anyone will use it? Impossible. Hint: Use the FCC ULS database search to find frequencies you want. (FCC.GOV) Bottom line: You get what you pay for. PS: Dont you DARE use the antenna to transmit! In the first place the connector is not a true BNC connector. It just looks like a BNC. It wont twist-lock onto a real BNC. Secondly the SWR is BAD BAD BAD it gave me a 5.1 to 1 ratio. That kind of SWR will fry your transmitter finals. Just use it for the scanner. I was hoping to share the antenna for 2 meters with the scanner as the receiver and a 5 watt QRP transmitter going into an antenna switch. Bad idea.

Arrived on time. Actually purchased this for a frirend whos old scanner finally quit working. They are very happy with it! This was for an older couple so I needed to program it like my own for them. Best price I found on line, and no stores in our area carry this type scanner anymore, they are all digital only. Would recomend and buy again.

I liked it a lot but ended up giving it away about the second time we had a bad weather system come through and it woke me up in the middle of the night, (and Im sure the people who live upstairs as well) with an alarm that sounded between an air raid alarm and a tornado siren. It is definitely loud enough you cannot sleep through it, but doesnt do a whole lot of good if it causes a heart attack. The kids I gave it to like it and they agree it is loud, but they find that aspect funny. They are young enough to be my grandchildren.

Excellent technology

The scanner is a little hard to program at first, but once you get used to it, it goes well. Great product!

If your area is analog, this scanner is great. User friendly and high quality. Easy to program and is really loud. The only thing I wish it had was Close Call. Its a clock radio with an FM tuner also. You can set it to turn off.