| | |  | Radio Scanners | Home » » » » Uniden BC350C 800 MHz Mobile Scanner | | | | | | | Description: | | The Uniden(r) BC-350C 800 Mhz mobile scanner boasts 100 user-programmable memories so you can quickly store interesting frequencies for rapid recall. It covers the most interesting "action" bands including police, ambulance, fire, amateur radio, public utilities, weather, and more. The luminescent LCD screen is backlit so messages are easily read in low-light situations. | | | Features: | |
• 100 user programmable memories: quickly store interesting frequencies for rapid recall
• Quickly searches the most interesting "action" bands where you can hear police, ambulance, fire, amateur radio, public utilities, weather, and more.
• Search lockouts let you lock out frequencies that have continuous or uninteresting communications so that searching is faster.
• Backlit display makes messages are easy to read in low-light situations
• Includes accessories for installing in your car
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.9 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 29 reviews |
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79 of 80 found the following review helpful:
Fun and interesting toy for an amateur like meNov 15, 2005
By Kilgore Gagarin
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand. - Kurt Vonnegut"
I bought my first scanner from a local Church sale about two years ago. It was a crystal based Regency brand, that luckily had all of the correct crystals for the St. Louis area. I was hooked.
To this day I would never consider myself an afficionado or an expert, but I dabble around a bit, so take this review in that context.
I bought this Bearcat BC350C scanner as a birthday present to myself just a few days ago and it's a blast. Parts of the interface are undeniably clunky. Selecting to listen for just the Police or EMS/Fire bands is easy, but programming stuff is a bit icky. It's not complex, just slow - I'd rather be able punch in a frequency and store it, but this requires you to find a frequency first, THEN store it in the "Private" bank.
Anyway, for something you want to pop right out of the box and have work as advertised? Well . . .
Within minutes I was listening to a helicopter overhead ("What's the radar look like ... garble, garble"), picking up the local bus service ("She said she put a $20 bill in the box but I wasn't looking"), and hearing the local gendarmes being dispatched to quell a domestic dispute ("Subject is a white female, attempting to break into the house. Lots of shouting, both are unarmed"). I even picked up one of our neighbor's child monitors!
This really is best used while sitting down, rather than as a mobil unit; nonetheless, I dragged it into my car (hook up was trivial with included DC lighter plugin) and tooled down the rainy highways on a Monday, listening on the police band for reported accidents (I could make out about half a dozen).
From my reading, I know there are better scanners, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the BC350C for other beginners like myself. Sit down and read the manual while you're playing with it, and you'll get the hang of things pretty quickly. If you've never listened to scanners, give yourself a little bit of time to develop an ear. I also recommend that you keep a pad and pencil nearby to jot down interesting frequencies you can usually look up on the Internet later (search for your state and the phrase "scanner frequencies").
You might move up and onward in scanner-dom, and this nifty little gadget is likely to just be your introductory toy to the exciting world of the electro-magnetic spectrum!
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
A scanner with good operation and size for the priceSep 10, 2007
By Bryan K. Jones
A good scanner with very good audio sound. The BC350C is a very good size for a table or desk.
It has limit search and every police,fire,air,cb band with plenty of freqency coverage. The Price is
also very good. the scanner doesn't have a keyboard to type in a frequency but, which is ok with
me. I like to scan,find, and store freguencies. If you want a keyboard and trunking another scanner
would be a better choice for you, but if you are a beginner , or just want a basic scanner for fun or
basic needs for a decent price this is a very good choice.
71 of 86 found the following review helpful:
 Uniden BC350C Polcie Scanner..?...ReviewApr 06, 2007
By J. Frey
The majority of people out their who want to buy a scanner are those interested in what the police/Fire-Rescue are saying on their two way radio's. Police opperate on 800mhz and so an 800mhz scanner is necessary, so I bought one...
Well after buying the BC350C 800mhz scanner I read its owner manual and it states that the majority of police/Fire-Rescue etc. opperate an 800mhz Trunk system, and in order to properly tack the police etc. on 800mhz you need to buy a difrent scanner that is 800mhz Trunk capable...So basicly to fined this out it cost me over $100.00!!! Uniden BC350C 800 MHz Mobile Scanner
The package showed police/fire-rescue on it and the scanner itself has police and fire buttons indicating that it scanns 800mhz frequencies. The seller never indicated it was not trunk capable nor did the manufacturer Uniden untill later in their owners manual. Well it does scann 800mhz frequencies but it will not track the 800mhz Tunk system within 800mhz. "Trunk system basics: every time a officer transmits on a truck system he transmits and recieves on a diffrent frequency. in order to track what is being said a trunk system scanner is needed or you only hear a fragment of the conversation."
The scanner is easy to use but without trunk capabilities it might as well be a old scanner from the 80's. The scanner is very limited. I would not suggest buying one, don't wast your money. Buy a scanner that is trunk capable. Uniden Bearcat BCT8 BearTracker Warning System with 800 MHz TrunkTracker III
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Scanner for the BeginnerFeb 28, 2007
By Anthony Ettinger
Does not support TrunkTracking, however I was unaware of what that was until I read about it in the manual.
Scanning larger bands takes time...I don't know if there's a faster scanner.
Deleting a saved channel is rather cumbersome, but doable if you're not on the road.
Antenna works well with home.
Would be nice if I could group my saved channels, but unfortunately, there is only one "Private" memory bank for the user.
16 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 Low on features, mediocre performance.Jul 24, 2006
By SevereWX
This little scanner is not worth the price. It's got a very limited user interface making it very slow and aggravating to use. There is no possible way to directly input a specific frequency, large gaps in between the frequency ranges it's programmed to receive, and very limited memory capabilities. The small display is hard to read unless you are directly in front of the device, looking from any angle and the backlit LCD display is unreadable.
Reception of this scanner is poor on all of it's (very limited) bands, though can be improved with the use of an aftermarket antenna. The scanner is very prone to intermod from paging systems and other sources. The squelch is practically useless on this thing, it's either on or off, it seems that any setting in between full and open are pretty close to full, as it takes fairly strong signals to break the squelch even when it's set just above the static level on any empty frequency. The sound quality from the built-in speaker is tinny and shallow sounding, but at least there is a jack for an external speaker.
On the bright side, the chassis is well built and strong, the buttons have a decent feel, not to light nor too stiff. The knobs turn with ease, but will not change their settings due to road vibration, they stay put where you set them at. The fit and finish of the scanner is actually quite good overall, but it's not enough to make up for it's lacking feature set and poor performance.
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