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

The product is very dependable and the quality is of top notch.

I was told by a co-worker not to get an Analog scanner since they no longer work around Richmond/Chesterfield Co in VA. Emergency and Police have gone encrypted and not digital. I was given so false info that oh yeah it should work. B.S. Uniden did send me info after I had already ordered it that it wouldnt work after 2 comments stated that it should work even picking up Marine, Aviation broadcasts. All I heard was a picture clear signal for the local weather advisory. I pick up maybe a 20-30 second faint broadcast of some police signal then the scanner blew past it which wasnt what I wanted it to do and I no longer heard that. I heard someone on a ham radio discussing something about North Korea and that signal was strong but it didnt last long. It was damn difficult to try to program or place in a frequency to see if I could get anything else. It was a bunch of nonsense. I spent to much time on Amazon reading reviews good and bad and seeing what I could buy w/o a ham radio license and yada yada. After I sent it back, I went to Best Buy and purchased myself a $99 pair of Uniden walkie talkies for $79 since it was in the wrong place on the rack and there was no other location for where they were supposed to be. It was the last pair and they had to honor where it was placed. Havent opened it yet since it is a Fathers Day present to myself but it is better than racking my brain over analog, digital, encrypted nonsense.

Only gets weather. Doesn’t pick up any fire, police,or ems

I used this for the International Air Show this weekend and it worked great! It was very cool to listen to all the pilots and the ground crews during the 3-day event. Highly recommend. FYI...it does not ship with batteries, you need 2 x AA batteries.

Bought it for my husband he loves it Made a great gift to replace his old one

Very hard to get programmed but have not spent that much time on it the strap broke as soon as i put it on

Product as described by seller. No Issues.

I wanted to keep informed with local law and fire ect but only get weather .Im disappointed at this point

I bought this scanner for a NASCAR race to hear the drivers. It worked great and Im looking forward to using it again. It was super easy to program thanks to the PC software that comes with it.

It’s not to hard to learn how to use if you read the directions. Picked up signals from at least a few mile radius with no additional modifications inside of an Aluminum sided home. I would invest in rechargeable batteries as an 8 hour use and you will need a new set.