Uniden Bearcat SR30C, 500-Channel Compact Handheld Scanner, Close Call RF Capture, Turbo Search, PC programable, NASCAR, Racing, Aviation, Marine, Railroad, and Non-Digital Police, Fire, Public Safety

I used to listen to AM talk radio first thing in the morning with coffee before work. AM radio at night before bed. I like being updated on news daily. Since I bought this scanner I have so much info on whats going on in and around my neck of the woods I am kept entertained and into the know. Before it gets in the media! Love it!!! Programing is very easy. I get police, fire, Ham, aircraft, CB, Wilco feed store, and more! My AM radio listening has been cut down by at least 75%. Only thing I wish it was able to receive digital as well. Those scanners are a little expensive for my budget right now. For the price this is a great scanner and am glad I bought it. :)

NASCAR race, worked perfectly.

See lot of reviews on people saying difficult to program. Its not. Was very easy. Took 5 minutes. See people saying wont stay powered without the cable plugged in. Has no batteries out of box so make sure you put batteries in. Can look up police frequencies online. Good unit.

This is a pretty decent, little scanner. Lightweight and pretty compact. Not bad if you’re just monitoring local municipalities (on analog stations) at home or in the car. What isn’t mentioned in the description is that this scanner CAN NOT access/program high-band frequencies over 512 MHz. There are some localities where I live that use the 800 MHz frequencies and I cannot program them into this scanner. Had I known that prior to purchase I wouldn’t have bought this.

So, it may be weird that I like to fall asleep to a scanner; I have had a few through the years. This one is easy to setup, search and scan. Well worth the price.

The scanner was more difficult to program than I expected Im still trying to figure it out

I have worn out 3 Uniden scanners in 25 years. These are the best handheld scanners out there. New for me was the volume knob, while scanning when something happens you can give it a quick tap and it will stop on that frequency. The price was right because this was an Amazon return. Came in original packaging and was flawless.

On Saturday the SR30C Bearcat scanner arrived. I installed the two rechargeable batteries needed and flipped the switch in the battery compartment to activate the charger. I downloaded the Uniden free software for programming this unit and typed the frequencies into the program. I connected the cable to a USB port on my computer, followed the directions and twenty minutes after it arrived the device was scanning.

GOOD VALUE..

Update: I cancelled return. After playing with I find this a good product except for no USB drivers and software are not available. Easy to program and find the local search very useful. When I go to website stated in manual it says not found. When I look around there is NO app available as stated in manual and product description. What I do find says for Vista, OMG, what, that’s 20 years old? Bottom line, NO APP SUPPORT! Might be good product if you you don’t care about drivers or apps, I can’t say. Returning be a cause above review.