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- #8 in Radio Scanners
Uniden SR30C BearCat, 500-Channel Compact Handheld Scanner, Close Call RF Capture technology, Turbo search, PC programming, Non-Digital Public Safety, Police, Fire, Emergency, Marine, Auto Racing, Civil Air
Tyler White
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2025
Product was as described works well
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
It was a Christmas gift. He loved it. 2 of his friends have now bought the same.
New England Senior Male
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024
8.3.24 Experienced radio guy and Ham. My go to scanner died and I didn't want to spend top dollar for a brand marketed to Hams. Arrived 7.27.24. This Uniden is quite nice. The size is perfect for me. I can put it on a table outdoors and is doesn't blow over in a typical gust, but I am sure it would fall if the wind were strong enough. The speaker is loud; distinctly better than my two previous high-end scanners. It took me two days and a YouTube video to master the software/controls. I had it up and running about ten minutes after I began to read the instructions. The keystrokes for programming banks and scanning banks takes a little practice. It has several preset service bands that allows you to listen to a 'search and find' for marine/police/fire/Ham/aviation and a few others. The display is excellent. At this point, it is a buy again or buy as a gift again. Some cons --- There is no VFO; you cannot just type in a freq and listen. You can get to a freq, but this is part of the practice needed to operate the scanner smoothly. It does not have military aviation UHF so you won't hear the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels air to air (nor other routine air to air if you live near a training area or base). NOTE: As far as I know at this point, Ham repeaters have to have both freqs entered manually in a scan bank or order to hear both.
J
Reviewed in Australia on August 16, 2024
Perfect radio for planespotting
Neil Owen
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2024
Works well and there are.a lot of videos available to help program it. Scans common bands without programming
scott smith
Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2024
Amazing
Nigel Hoare
Reviewed in Australia on March 31, 2023
Does as it is designed to. Good point is being able to program the scan banks.
jmowreader
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2023
The ONLY problem you are going to have with this scanner is programming it according to the instructions in the manual, because they're not great. However, there are a ton of YouTube videos about this unit; watch one and you'll be like "yeah, this is super easy." The only reason I can think of why you'd want a more upscale scanner is if your local police department uses digital radios - more and more departments go that way every year - and you want to listen to the cops. This one won't do that; the one that will is $339.49. This radio will tune in any kind of auto racing, plus weather, aviation, marine and railroad traffic. This can be programmed from a Windows PC; as I am a Mac person that's not an option for me, but programming it from the front panel is easy to do.This does not support Bluetooth out of the box. If you have a good pair of Bluetooth headphones, Amazon sells adapters for less than $20 that will interface your headphones to this scanner. For MOST purposes these are fine. For auto racing they are not - it is very loud at the speedway and you need isolation headphones, such as the Race Day Electronics headphones I bought from Amazon. Those are awesome. I use them for woodworking as well as going to races and they work well both places.BIG recommendation: buy Ni-MH batteries because that will save you a lot of cash. The scanner will recharge Ni-MH batteries so you don't need a separate charger. Program it before you go to the speedway so it's ready for you when you get there.It will cost you $47.95 to rent a scanner at a race, and it must be returned when you leave. If you buy this scanner and a set of headphones, you'll be saving money at your third race. AND it's yours! Also consider: they don't rent scanners at airports or on Amtrak trains and that traffic is a lot of fun to listen to. It's really worth it to have your own scanner.
pconcolor
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2023
A potential great that falls just short. Excellent features. Excellent for the beginner and average user who enjoys listen to what is going on in areas with low band, VHF coverage. Most often. Rural areas. Not hard to program in frequencies, Ten banks to organize or group your local favorites. Lock-out button to remove unnecessary chatter when something big is going on ( the banks help there also). I am very pleased with the operation of this scanner. But my only beef with the designers of this portable scanner is the battery life. It only uses two AA batteries, instead of four. Really guys?!?? What were you thinking??!So far, my experiments with Rechargable batteries have found "Tenergy batteries to last the longest. I get 5 to 6 hours depending on scanner traffic. I always carry spare batteries and spare power cable when taking it out for extended periods.So, If w friend were to ask if they should purchase one. I would say go ahead, it will do the job you need it to do. It has some excellent features, but just understand it's one major design flaw and shortcoming. And carry extra batteries when out and about.
Rodney Tisdale
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2021
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 wouldn't 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 wasn't 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 didn't 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 talkie's 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. Haven't opened it yet since it is a Father's Day present to myself but it is better than racking my brain over analog, digital, encrypted nonsense.
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