Uniden Bearcat BCT8 BearTracker Warning System with 800 MHz TrunkTracker III
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Customer Review: Can't beat the price.
Summary: 5 Stars
Great scanner. I have taken the scanner plunge in the past year. I have had a handheld for emergencies and went down the route of finding frequencies and programming them in. It really is a hobby type of thing since it is so time consuming and can be addictive after a while.
What brought me to this scanner was I was really looking for something more plug and play. I also needed something for the car since I travel a lot and wanted to use it on the road. Problem is every place you go has a differently freq set up for local communications. That means a bunch of research and programming before every trip. Enter the Uniden BCT8. This is really a nice scanner. I have done my research and for the price for this unit cannot be beat. If your new to scanning or just need a backup this will work fine. Because of the way it's set up you can just put in the state your traveling through and the scanner will do the rest. Note: (It's illegal to use a scanner while mobile in some states so make sure you check).
The scanner has gotten me out of a couple traffic jams and has given me exactly what I wanted. We were on a trip back from Florida and hit real bad traffic in Indiana. Flipped on the scanner and found out a boat had flipped over on a bridge in front of us blocking all lanes in my direction. We flipped around and took a different route. Things like that have happened a few times since I have had this scanner.
It has a ton of storage if you want to program in some of your own Freqs. It also has all the presets you will need if you don't have the time to mess with it.
After having this scanner for a few months I even got my HAM license so I could talk back to some of the people I was listening to when at home. I liked it so much I got another one for my shack and keep the other in the car all the time.
Customer Review: If you are looking for an all-purpose Scanner this is the one to buy
Summary: 5 Stars
Having logged over two million miles as an over-the-road truck driver and a radio junky I love all kinds of radios... I got out of listening to scanners when they went to trunking calls... Listening to one side of a radio call gets real old real fast.. The cost of radios that would track trunking radios was expensive and limited... While recovering from getting hit by a truck traveling 70mph while making a left hand turn on my Harley. I turned my love of raidos to keep entertained during the many hours of recovery... Short wave is great... My longing for a scanner that will track trunking was a must... After reading many reviews and doing research I knew that one scanner needed to cover all bases was the Uniden BCT8 fit what I wanted... I find the Bear Tracking feature is great I had know idea that it would work so great... It works much better than radar dectors by the time they alert you it is too late... Where the Bear Tracker works great... I think it will be on a lot of future scanners... I only own one scanner with it's Trunking Tracker III it is the only one I need... I live right under the flight path of the flight for life helicopters I can scan for them as well as Police and Fire calls... The Ambulance services control towers and much more... The instruction manual leaves a little to be desired but if you have any experience in radio's it isn't a problem... While it takes a little effort to figure out listening groups it is not rocket science... If you are like me and want only one scanner this is it... I put together a battery pack for it in case of power outages it comes with everything you need for using it in your car... I think it is the most bang for the buck in scanners... Buy it... My son also thinks it is extra cool because it has a NASCAR logo on the front...Customer Review: Great scanner, easy to program, upgradable
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two of these scanners - one for each car. For the money, it's a great buy. In hindsight, however, I'd have preferred to pay more for a scanner that has alpha-tagging, where you can assign a "name" to a frequency or talk group so that you can see, at a glance, who you're listening to.
In my original review, I gave the scanner three stars because of what I thought was an operation flaw. I live within a few miles of three independent, trunked systems, and I often travel through two other trunked systems, so all five banks of my scanner are trunking banks. The major problem I had with the BCT8 is that I couldn't find a quick way to turn trunking banks on and off while driving. If you use the keypad, you end up turning scan lists on and off instead. So you have to wait until you get to a traffic light, change one of the trunking banks to conventional scanning, then watch for when the scanner is scanning in that bank and quickly turn the other trunking banks on or off as needed. Then you switch the conventional bank back to trunking. Trying to enable/disable trunking banks while driving was no less dangerous than texting.
Fortunately, someone in a radio-related message forum gave me a piece of advice that Uniden failed to mention in their manual -- by pressing the DATA button, the scanner will switch from showing scan lists to showing banks. That fixed the problem, so I changed my review for this scanner from three stars to five.
Customer Review: Great Scanner!
Summary: 5 Stars
I grew up with a Police scanner in my house. My Mom enjoyed listening to it. I had my own for a while, but my cat knocked it off the desk and it broke. For the past two years I haven't had one at all. On a spur of the moment I decided to buy a new one. I always owned a Radio shack scanner. This time I went for the better quality Uniden. The quality is definitely better. It's not made out of cheap plastic. This one is sturdy and built with quality in mind. I also love the buttons. They all light up. It looks sleek.
Programming it is a piece of cake. I didn't use the enclosed software. I just programmed it manually with the buttons. That is the way I've always programmed scanners and I am comfortable with that. Found all my local town and state police. I heard two Police chases just in the past two days. Sirens blaring and engines revving as the cops tried to catch the bad guys. It was great!! Love hearing the Fire department as well. You don't miss a beat with this scanner. Everything is right at your fingertips.
Also programmed about 50 Airline frequencies in. It's fun to listen to the planes as they travel all day. Some Police departments have gone all digital which means you will not pick them up with this scanner. However many towns haven't. So find out if your town is digital first before you make the purchase. Other than that this scanner is bringing me so much joy. I Love it! I highly recommend it.
Customer Review: Uniden BCT8
Summary: 5 Stars
250 User Programmable Memories - Lets you quickly store
interesting frequencies for rapid recall.
Frequency Coverage (BCT8) -
Includes the most interesting "action" bands where you can
hear police, ambulance,
fire, amateur radio, public utilities, weather,
and more. 25-54,108-174,400-512,806-956
(excluding cellular)
BearTracker? Warning System - Alerts you to activity on
Highway Patrol link frequencies to let you know if there
is activity within about 3 miles of your location.
Preprogrammed Service Search - Makes finding interesting
active frequencies even easier.
Preprogrammed Highway Patrol
Frequencies by State - Helps you to quickly find frequencies
likely to be active where you are.
Search Lockouts - Lets you lock out frequencies that
have continuous or uninteresting communications so that
searching is faster.
Backlit Display - At the push of a button, our unique luminescent
LCD screen is backlit so messages are easily read in
low-light situations
100 ch/sec
Scan Speed (max)
Priority Operation - Helps ensure that you don't miss
important transmissions on the channel you designate as the
priority channel.
Trunking (BCT8) - Motorola® Analog Trunking, EDACS® /
EDACS® SCAT, LTR®
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