( 38 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 5 2009
As a retirement gift for my husband, his two daughters bought him a new scanner. His old Bearcat, which was at least 20 yrs. old finally gave up the ghost! He loves this new scanner. Although it is not the top of the line model, it does evertything that he was looking for a new scanner to do. It was easy to program and offers plenty of flexibility and storage. The TV mode is no longer of use due to the change over from analog to digital but that feature was not a deciding factor. Once a firefighter, always a firefighter!
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Posted: Aug 3 2009
I ordered this scanner from Uniden's website as I have had a big interest in Public Safety ever since I was little. I also get bored here easily as there is not much good music on the radio so I ordered this to be able to kill some day time. This is a conventional 100 channel base scanner. While the initial programming is not too smooth sailing even for tech savys like me, the operation is easy once one gets a hang of it. It lets you save 100 different frequencies used by the PD, FD, airport, marine, and ameteur bands. It even has NOAA weather band, AM/FM radio, and a clock that can awaken you in the morning. While I do agree that the alarm is sometimes on the weak side, it beats having an alarm clock by the nightstand. I will warn people that many agencies (such as police and fire departments) have now switched to more secure 800 MHz trunked radio systems. This means you may not be able pick up local chatter (like what I wanted). This trunked system allows multiple authorities to talk using only a select set of frequencies. Always research what is in use in your area before buying. Overall, a very good scanner.
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Posted: Jul 30 2009
I'm not quite sure where the confusion came from from some of the other folks who ordered this. The directions are easy to follow and the input of frequencies is similar to most every other scanner. The clock and alarm features are nice. The only thing that is a little disappointing is that the backlight won't stay on, which would be useful at night. Also the clock does not come up unless you select it with the switch. To me it just makes sense to have the clock visible even while the unit is scanning frequenies. For the price, this scanner is very easy to set up and use.
