The Uniden Bearcat radio scanner comes in several different models, and there are quite a few Uniden radio scanners to choose from, so you will need to look at the features of several before you decide.
What do you plan on using it for? How many channels will you need?
Do you live in a small town or a large city? It will make a difference in how many channels you'll need. The basic handheld radio scanner will have 100 channels, which is just fine for a beginner or someone living in a small town.
At the other end of the spectrum is the BCD996XT, having 25,000 channels. This digital radio scanner is considered to be a huge advancement in scanners with improved APCO-25 digital decoding as well as a host of new features and more memory. For those who like GPS scanning, a feature no other manufacturer offers, you can now enable and disable not only systems but groups as well.
It offers a band-scope feature, a fire tone out search feature to help you determine the tone out frequencies being used, improved close call, APCO-25 NAC code decoding, and more. If these features interest you, you'll want to be sure to look into this digital radio scanner, and also because it offers the highest radio scanners frequencies.
Do you want to listen in on police transmissions?
In most larger cities the police and fire frequencies are trunked together, so you will need to have one of the trunk scanners in order to hear both.
The Uniden BC346XT Handheld TrunkTracker III Analog Police Scanner Supports Motorola, EDACS, and LTR trunking systems. It has 9,000 channels, can program up to 500 systems, with dynamic memory so that means no wasted channels, GPS support for location-based scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation.
Fire Tone-Out Alerts you when fire pages are issued, Band Scope gives you a graphic representation of signal activity. Close Call(r) RF Capture tunes to nearby signals with no programming needed. Temporary Lockout lets you temporarily eliminate unwanted reception, Alpha Tagging makes it easier to know what you are hearing.
All Hazards Alert notifies you of severe weather or other hazards. PC programming and control makes setting up the scanner easier than ever. Frequency Coverage: 25.0000 - 224.9800 MHz 400.0000 - 512.0000 MHz 806.0000 - 823.9875 MHz 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz.
Analog or Digital Radio Scanner?
Another of the trunk scanners except that this one is digital is the Uniden BCD396XT Handheld TrunkTracker IV Digital Police Scanner. This model supports APCO 25, Motorola, EDACS, and LTR trunking systems.
It has 25,000 channels, multicolor display backlight, and can program up to 500 systems. With dynamic memory means no wasted channels. GPS Support for location-based scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation.
Fire Tone-Out Alerts you when fire pages are issued, Band Scope gives you a graphic, representation of signal activity. Close Call(r) RF Capture tunes to nearby signals with no programming needed. Temporary Lockout lets you, temporarily eliminate unwanted reception. Alpha Tagging makes it easier to know what you are hearing,
All Hazards Alert notifies you of severe weather or other hazards, PC Programming and Control makes setting up the scanner easier than ever, Frequency Coverage: 25.0000 - 224.9800 MHz 400.0000 - 512.0000 MHz 768.0000 - 823.9875 MHz 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz
