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

Perfect for what I wanted it for, a little difficult to use though. Battery life isn’t too great and being US variant there’s a few frequencies I can’t pick up.

So, it may be weird that I like to fall asleep to a scanner; I have had a few through the years. This one is easy to setup, search and scan. Well worth the price.

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 its one major design flaw and shortcoming. And carry extra batteries when out and about.

This is a pretty decent, little scanner. Lightweight and pretty compact. Not bad if you’re just monitoring local municipalities (on analog stations) at home or in the car. What isn’t mentioned in the description is that this scanner CAN NOT access/program high-band frequencies over 512 MHz. There are some localities where I live that use the 800 MHz frequencies and I cannot program them into this scanner. Had I known that prior to purchase I wouldn’t have bought this.

ITS OK, BUT YOU NEED A LICENSE

Didnt come with a users manual only get static total crap

It was great quality although a tad complex to learn how to use without looking at the instructions.

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.

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

Nice little unit, works fine but use better antenna. OK for close and strong signals, just a bit weak for lesser signals. Still is a good unit and easy to program.