Uniden BC365CRS 500 Channel Scanner and Alarm Clock with Snooze, Sleep, and FM Radio with Weather Alert, Search Bands Commonly used for Police, Fire/EMS, Aircraft, Radio, and Marine Transmissions

Happy with product

for the bedroom or living room as a secondary analog scanner, it works great. I have an SDS100, BCT15 and use SDR on the computer with a discone in the attic and this little radio/clock scanner with the stock telescopic antenna is picking up analog channels as good if not better than my other scanners. great little scanner for the family to use and listen too. Sound quality in the internal speaker isnt great, has a tinny sound but overall i like it. If you still have local analog stuff to listen too, (our FD and close other counties simulcast dispatch to analog) Then this thing is still a good little scanner. programming is a little clunky has to be done by hand on the scanner, i dont think you can program on a computer.

Did not like it. Spent $81.00 and it quit working after 2months

It is easy enough to locate the local frequencies which you may want to cover. I do not usually read user guides, but I followed this one closely. I consider myself tech savvy, but this was difficult to set up and is still not fully set up. We want this functionality but are not getting good use of the device because the setup information is so poorly informative. It stays off all the time. Setup is on my to-do list, but its been several weeks.

This scanner is a great bargain. I purchased the uniden bc 355n first, but I had lots of trouble trying to program It. I sent it back to Amazon and ordered this one. It is easy to program if you follow the directions in the manual that comes with the radio. The manual is very helpful with a lot of information, and easy to read. The knobs are large and easy to operate especially if you have trouble with your hands. The speaker sounds good with plenty of volume. The radio comes with the manual, antennae,and adapter you can plug into wall outlet for power. It also holds 3 AA batteries for power backup. The radio also will receive FM and national weather service broadcasts. If you are looking for a scanner with lots of room for many channels ( this holds 500) then this is the radio for you, and at a great price!!

Bought this as a replacement for a failing (after decades of service) Bearcat BC-300 (the undisputed King of the Scanners in its day). Understand this is NOT a digital scanner, so if you live in a high-end metro environment where the first responders run expensive digital gear - no, this wont work for you. Lots of smaller towns and urban/rural areas still run analog radios, however, and in those areas this scanner will work just fine. It has narrow-band capability (e.g., not just 33.700 but 33.7005 delineation), along with weather capability (including the ability to announce weather alerts) and a clock with alarm and snooze too. Not as easy to program as some other scanners, so read the manual! Sound quality is decent, but better with an external speaker (easily attached via the rear 3mm jack). No complaints at all about the service-bands performance, and even the air-bands reception is pretty good. IMHO - a pretty doggoned-good bang for your $$.

The reason I bought this is because it is narrow band capable. The manual is actually incorrect when it tells you how to put in a frequency directly. it is possible but youll drive yourself crazy trying to follow the manual. The SVC scans dont scan every frequency the scanner can cover so that will throw you off also if you are just trying to find all users in your area. Best bet is to go to RadioReference.com to find the frequencies in use in your area. Note: This is NOT a digital scanner so if your local services use TrunkTracking you cannot use this scanner to receive those signals.

instruction manual not so good but a little button pushing needs practice. the instructions dont follow through with all necessary scenario steps necessary. mine does run on batteries. three fresh ones lasted a touch over 15 hours. reception is real good with magnetic base antenna up on top my of bird cage and its downstairs ground level + maybe six feet higher than ground level. audio quality is as expected pretty good. uniden should expand on this form factor. its an attractive rig. a more complete frequency spectrum radio would be rather nice to own with the scanner ability as well. i seldom give five stars and didnt think it deserves five but four reflects needed expansions.

This was exactly what we wanted. Being a firemans wife, I like to be able to hear the calls he goes on to know hes safe, get an idea of how things are going to plan for things like dinner or other activities in case hes going to be delayed, and its somewhat entertaining to hear some of the crazy stuff you hear with police communications.

Speaker is very poor. Over priced for what you get