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

Its fine with earbuds or the like, but unless you hold it close to your ear its very hard to understand what the pilots are saying. And.....I was an airline pilot for 35 years!! Even when riding in my car I cant understand what theyre saying.

I picked this scanner up to take to the race track to listen to the team radio transmissions. After skimming through the manual, and watching a 6 minute YouTube video on the Uniden channel, I was able to program the scanner with ease. I dont know how Ive attended raves for the last 20 years without a scanner. Following the races on the scanner makes them so much more enjoyable! The only thing this scanner is missing is alpha tagging. For the races, I just program the car number to the matching channel number, so I know who I am listening to. I would highly recommend this scanner to any race fans.

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.

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.

The unit was delivered in all lockout mode and despite my attempts to change the function I am unable to at all. when I contacted customer support on two separate occasions I never received a response and I am still stuck with a paperweight piece of crap. I even watched YouTube video but mine won’t work as the demo does. Terrible

I bought this a few months back and I still have a difficult time saving channels and navigating the radio.

Good product

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.

Works as advertised. You might want to watch some YouTube tutorials on programming the scanner.

I have always thought of Uniden as a quality product. The SR30C was a new product and seemed to have good reviews except for the complicated programming, but that was not a problem for me. The build quality was excellent as well a the sound quality. One big problem was the battery life. I put in a new set of alkaline batteries and they lasted about 12 hours when I got the low battery warning. Replaced them with a fully charged set of NiMH batteries which lasted about 3 hours until they also set off the low battery warning. I have a portable radio that works on alkaline batteries that has been working for months. Not sure if this was just a bad unit, or a battery hog. Returned it to Amazon for a refund. Will be contacting Uniden to get their opinion.