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 only thing I dislike in this day and age of cheap miniature digital chips is there are no labels/tones for channels. Otherwise, if you only need to monitor conventional analog comms, not trunked, not digital, not scrambled, etc. this is a good scanner to carry around in lieu of a ~$400 one doing the same thing. Easy to program by hand or by a Microsoft computer. This scanner is pretty sensitive as well. After I programmed it by PC I let it run and it was picking up VHF high band comms in cities 10 to almost 30 miles away at a slightly lower elevation from inside the house with its stock rubber ducky!

Returned it. I wont work everywhere. Make sure it will work in your area before buying.

Product is just what I was looking for at a very good price

No issues so far. Working as designed.

Good scanner for the money. I have 2 of the Uniden BC75XLT handheld scanners besides this one and they work great. They are really tough. Their is a trick to programming the frequencies, but they receive really good.

GOOD VALUE..

Hard to program. Tried putting in codes for police, fire. And ambulance. Would not take them. Manual scan never picked them up.

Worked fine, but the Close Detect feature is inconsistent when I tested it in both the 2m & 70CM bands. It does easily fit in a small radio pouch (provided the pouch is tall enough). Also, the programming software isnt bad, but I was disappointed that Alpha Tags (free text names for saved frequencies to monitor) is not supported in the software or the display. Id look at another model that has alpha tag memory channel support if considering this one.

The scanner itself is solid and easy to program. Have not tried the downloadable programming software because it is easy enough manually. I live in the suburbs and find the stock rubber ducky antenna to be inadequate for pulling in signals. A mobile antenna and a better rubber ducky have made a world of difference. Im sure this wouldnt be a problem in more urban areas. Good audio as well.

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.