Uniden Bearcat BC75XLT Handheld Scanner, 300 Channels, 10 banks, Close Call Technology, PC Programable, NOAA Weather, Aviation, Marine, Railroad, NASCAR, and Non-Digital Police/Fire/Public Safety

My husband really likes this, after his old one finally died. He wasnt happy that he had to have me look up the frequencies online, but it was not difficult for me. He doesnt DO computers and doesnt like that everyone expects him to. Someone else may have gotten help from the public library, but its a done deal, now. We havent listened to it yet, so I dont know how it sounds, but it arrived quickly.

I purchased this model to replace an aging Radio Shack scanner I have to listen to military aircraft. I bought it in Nov, but didnt get to opening it until Jan. Upon trying to load the higher UHF frequencies I found out this model doesnt handle those frequencies. It was on the box, but I wish it was called out in the details here on Amazon. The fact I waited so long to open my return window had also close. And because most Police Departments have gone digital I cant even use it to listen to them.

Very good device really easy to program there is a little static but good sound quality. It showed up quick everything looked great coming out of the box. One disclaimer I wish that it came with rechargeable battery in it i mean why come with a charger and not have rechargeable battery but besides that great device

I bought this with the intention of listening to the ATC frequencies at the airports near me. I programmed all the frequencies into this so now it will scan through them automatically until one has a signal. I can also manually switch through them as well. It worked very well while I was at the airport and I was able to pick up everything I had programmed into it. Im still not entirely sure how to use this. I know there has to be a feature to manually key in a station, I either havent figured it out, or the channels I keyed in werent broadcasting at the time. I like it and think it works very well. It does take a little effort to set up, and your computer wont recognize it when its plugged in. When youre in the program on the computer to program the channels, theres a command to send the presets to the device. This works regardless of if the computer has recognized it or not. I also like that I can save the file with all the presets. Since I have other friends into plane spotting, I can send them the file with all the ORD frequencies programmed already.

Very nice scanner. I had an older Uniden scanner before for more than 10 years but it definitely bit the dust. It was used in the car with a plug-in charger and just kept going until the buttons and screen just gave out. With batteries, this one goes maybe a day or 2 at the most. Will look into the plug-in charger options as I use it more in the car than out in the field. Still early to tell about reliability but if it lasts like my old brick scanner, Ill be a happy camper. Another great experience using Amazon Warehouse Used-Like New for the buy.

I purchased this for my Sisters Birthday. Unfortunately I ordered it in April. When she opened it yesterday on her Birthday May 30th, this will not work in our citys upgraded digital system. We are on the 700mhz digital system now and this only goes to 500mhz. My sister was a police officer and wanted a scanner to listen too calls. I am sure this is a nice scanner, but it will not work here in this Louisiana town. Please help not sure what to do now...

This scanner doesnt leave my house so I dont know what it would work like away from an outlet the battery only stays charged for about 6 hours so I keep it plugged in at all times I had to have a professional program it, it picks up a lot of ham operators those channels if youre not interested in that kind of stuff like I am not all had to be locked out but if you like that then you might like that part about it I did not

I purchased this to have access to local goings-on in the event I needed to employ my bugout bag. But it has such unexpectedly great reception and so many useful features, I keep it on all day my poor old tabletop unit is gathering dust. I can pull in signals for all four counties surrounding my own (I added a more powerful antenna, but the supplied rubber ducky is plenty strong on its own), including CB from the highway a mile or so away, all the air traffic from the international airport 15 miles south, as well as smaller airfields within that area. NOAA weather, rail traffic and HAM broadcasts are all searchable, if rechargeable batteries are used, they can ne charges via USB cable and the unit can be programmed from you PC using the USB as well. Excellent item.

I was expecting this to be easier to program. but its not and finding a book like they used to have without paying an arm and leg is rediculious. They do have a website now that has codes for your area, but it appears that most places have gone digital and cannot be picked up. I hear some stuff but not what I was looking for. I live in an area with a lot of sirens and was hoping to be able to discern if I should be concerned about any of them

Hard to master MMI (Man Machine Interface). Can be interfaced with Windoze but neither MacOS or Linux.