Uniden Bearcat 980 40-Channel SSB CB Radio with 7-Color Digital Display

Only fault I find in this radio is the weather band wont pickup very well. If I had the radio mounted higher in the vehicle, it would do better, I discovered. Programming can be kind of aggravating because of the way the manual is written. It really pulls in signals.

Out of the box, the radio is far too dim in bright light. The radio needed extensive modifications to be useful. I changed the backlight diodes so I could see the darn thing. Dead key RF power was only 3.5 watts, and the VFO was off frequency.. The mod was only 70%. I also unlocked the clarifier so that it works with a 10k swing, in transmit AM and SSB. Now, its a great radio. I use it with a Wilson 1000 mag mount antenna. I have made day and night contacts 100 miles AM day, over 200 LSB night. Basically, out of the box, it is a average mass-produced radio.

these radios are junk. Uniden used to have these in equipment, unfortunately not anymore.

The radio works fine and is what was advertised in the description.

decent little radios for the price but if you have problems which I did the radio just DIED, they will leave you hanging why? the address in the manual to send the radio in for repair is not current. so instead of UNIDEN forwarding your package to the new facility? NOPE they ship it back to you.. and that is where they leave it.. YOU have to LOOK UP the uniden number online and get the PROPER place to send your radio in for repair then it is t least a 2 month wait

Works great

Inverted v at 20 ft, unsolicited good audio reports from Nova Scotia while in Oklahoma running out of the box with a 203

All I get is the weather station tried everything up high down low everywhere no chatter no nothin

I’ve bought 2 of these the 980 and the 880 couldn’t adjust mic gain on either one going back to knob radio

Looks great, Functions great, at a great price