Uniden BC355N 300-Channel Base/Mobile Scanner, Close Call Capture, Pre-programmed Search Bands, NOAA Weather, Aviation, Marine, Railroad, NASCAR, and 'Non-digital' emergency services

I got this scanner to listen to the local emergency channels as well as the storm spotter stations. It is always nice to know what is going on in the area as I am a first responder. There are days I like to follow big fires as some times we are called in for mutual aid, so it gives me a good snap shot of what to expect if a MABAS is called. I do believe that the location for this is good to note as well. I live in a semi rural area surrounded by a lot of forestry land and bluffs, my scanner is by my desk in the basement with just the basic pull out antenna attached. So far it has had no issues getting very good signal, even in snow, rain, heavy winds, and summertime tree cover. Some days I actually hear the calls paging us for a fire on the scanner before my actual pager picks up the page and sounds off. The programming is not hard, I had absolutely no issues getting the local frequencies programmed into the private selection. The little instruction booklet that came with it was pretty fairly easy to comprehend when it came to setting frequencies into the private section, not really sure why this particular function had so many negative reviews about it being confusing. This is my first scanner and from unboxing to being up and running with all the local frequencies installed it took maybe an hour, this includes assembly, running the cord, attaching the antenna and looking up and saving the 15 or so local frequencies. It comes with the power and antenna capabilities to use in the house or while on the road. It is pretty nice using it on long road trips to hear about what is going on in front of you. The weather channels are nice too as you can follow the weather alerts from the NWS in real time. We get frequent tornadic weather, so this is nice to have in the basement to have a decent heads up in the event of natural disasters. Overall I am pleased, my kids love to listen in when we get a fire call, it gives me the alerts that I want. It is pretty easy to operate. If you are looking for a basic analog (not digital) scanner. It has ran daily since I got it and I have not had any issues at all. If I had to throw a negative in there, it would be a stretch with saying the sound gets a bit crackly for a few seconds, but then I have to remember where it is and it is pulling in analog. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a basic scanner.

These scan incredibly fast and run directly from 12 Volts. The number of channels is somewhat limited but the audio is loud and clear. The programming is a little fiddly but not too bad (No Numeric Buttons).

The Uniden BC355N is a compact and versatile scanner that offers a wide range of features, making it suitable for both casual listeners and more serious hobbyists. Its small size and lightweight design make it easy to transport, allowing you to take it anywhere. Performance and Features The scanner's performance is impressive, delivering clear and crisp audio quality. It can handle a wide range of frequencies, including public safety, aviation, and marine bands. However, the included antenna may not be sufficient for optimal reception, especially in areas with weak signals. Upgrading to an external antenna can significantly enhance the scanner's performance. Programming and User Interface One of the challenges with the BC355N is the initial programming process. It can be somewhat complex for beginners, requiring careful attention to detail. However, with the help of online resources and YouTube tutorials, the process becomes more manageable. Once programmed, the scanner's user interface is relatively straightforward, allowing you to easily navigate through menus and settings. Overall Impression The Uniden BC355N is a capable scanner with a lot of potential. While it may require some initial effort to set up, it rewards you with clear audio, a wide frequency range, and a compact design. If you're willing to invest some time in learning the programming process and potentially upgrading the antenna, the BC355N can be a valuable addition to your hobbyist arsenal.

Received In brand new perfect condition. Extremely well packaged thank you. I’m very impressed with this scanner. My eyes couldn’t believe what all comes with this little jewel. Comes with two different antennas, ac power cord and a dc power cable , nice flip stand which you can remove if you like rubber feet instead. Nice little owners manual. The scanner works great. Had it up and running in a few minutes. Love the presets and this little giant doesn’t take up much real estate. Great analog scanner. I’m probably going to buy one of there digital scanners in the future. Just haven’t made up my mind yet on one. I like the model that uses your zip code for programming. I highly recommend the one I just bought.

I'm sure these worked at some point in the past, but don't waste your money. These are analog scanners and most agencies have gone completely to digital and trunked systems, which makes this scanner useless. It's old technology. I've tried to pick up signals on the miriad of antennas I own, and can't pick up a signal at all, except weather channels and the occasional CB bands. Even those come through horribly. I have several wideband antennas, including my main discone antenna 30ft above my house. I've but the bullet and invested in an SDR scanner, specifically the uniden sds200 (not cheap but worth it's weight in gold) and it works flawlessly. I'll hold onto this solely for weather, but I wish I could return it at this point I don't even know why they still sell them...

I live in an area that still uses analog communications for emergency services, so I was looking for a simple scanner that I could program with a few banks. This scanner seemed to fit the bill perfectly. Unfortunately, it wasn't until I started to program it that I realized it's massive flaw. I honestly don't understand how the designers of this scanners firmware could be so completely incompetent in their design. The police/fire/emergency banks along with air and marine are completely unusable if you are near any amount of traffic at all. The scanner is reported as 3 x 100 bank programmable, where 1 bank is 'Private' 1 is 'Police/Fire/Emrg' and 1 is 'air/marine'. The issue is, the only way to scan programable banks for police/fire/emrg or air/marine is to enable the associated built in channels with those banks. There are almost 4000 channels that get scanned if you turn those on. Your programmable banks get scanned *after* those channels and at 100cps, that's a 20 second round trip. What's even worse than that, is the scanner only has the ability to lock out 100 of those 4000 channels, so if you are near a city of any size it will hang constantly on digital signals that you can't disable. So what does this mean? Well you can't use a lot of the scanner and setup becomes very tedious. Police and air banks add almost 2000 channels each to your scan. This is slow and with only 100 lockouts you will never be able to filter out the noise in a busy area. If you enable fire/emrg (without police) you add about 300 channels and marine (without air) only adds about 90 and these will allow you to enable the other two private banks. I recommend enabling these and locking out everything local in the pre programmed banks and then adding the channels you want scanned into private, fire, and marine. This gives you control to enable/disable banks with 300 channels total and you should only have about 350 preprogrammed channels to contend with ( hopefully your 100 lockout limit will make these listenable in your area) WX and CB bands are fixed, so you get what you expect there. I don't recommend this scanner at all and I really can't believe it was built this way. A simple setting to turn off pre-programmed banks would make things so much easier.

This is a no frills basic scanner that works great for anyone in an area that has police and fire still on analog frequencies. Really simple to program; don't believe the naysayers that say it isn't. A simple 3 minute youtube video showed me how to do it. Its a bit time consuming and repetitive but very very easy once you know how. If you plan to listen to over 25 or so frequencies right of the bat, you might want to invest in a programming cable and download programming software. Also, it does have a TOTAL of 300 slots to program frequencies BUT 200 of these are under the Air/Marine slot. It is a bit confusing and if you want to listen to more than 100 frequencies and have to spill over to the Air/Marine presets, you will have to set the scanner to scan your "private" frequencies along with both the "Air" and "Marine" band presets. Its confusing I know, but it DOES have 300 memory slots. If some folks read the free downloadable user manual before purchasing, they would have known that. If you are listening to that many frequencies though, you should probably invest in a better, higher end scanner that has a larger custom memory bank. Its pretty small and takes up very little space on my nightstand and workbench. Worthwhile if you are like me and only listen to around 15 or 20 of the local police/fire/EMS frequencies. If that is all you are looking for out of your scanner, this will do the job. Upon arrival, the box included the scanner, a base telescopic antenna that plugs straight into the back (works well for me, your results may vary with location), a mobile mounting bracket with several feet of fused power wire, a DC cigarette power adapter for quick "plug and go" mobile installation, and finally a second antenna. The second antenna is basically a copper wire with suction cups on both ends and several feet of coax attached to it. According to the directions, you basically suction cup the antenna to the inside windshield on the passenger side of the vehicle or to the rear widow if you drive a standard cab truck. I currently use it in my basement window to gain better reception during the evening when I am working downstairs in my concrete surrounded shop space. Having an additional antenna stuck up in the window really helps improve the reception. Overall, its simple, it works, and its not crazy expensive because of too many bells and whistles I won't use.

I wanted a scanner for a long time. I use to pull up radio reference and listen to the stream of my local police traffic but the quality was bad and unreliable. This scanner appealed to be because I wanted one like this style, not the portable radio looking ones, as well as the feature of being able to use it in the home and car. It took me a little while to figure out how to use it even with the instructions but after 10-20 minutes I had my local sheriffs dept. tuned in. I was so happy, the quality was 100x better than the internet stream, it sounded like they were right next to me compared to what the stream sounded like. I was impressed by the amount of accessories that were included with the scanner. Most companies would require you to purchase all the stuff that was included with this. There was a car antenna, a house antenna, AC adapter, DC adapter, and a hard wire kit for the car. I purchased a different antenna for the top of the car as well as a speaker. The only wish I have is that it went a little louder, when your in the car and driving at 60-75 MPH its hard to hear with the road noise. If you have it you can plus your AUX in for your car and have it come across your speakers but it'll only come out of one side. I don't know anything about scanners but I'm 100% happy with my purchase. Its something I've wanted for a long time and it does exactly what I wanted. Don't be discouraged if you have trouble figuring it out at first. The instructions don't cover everything so you sort of have to teach yourself some things.

Recomiendo este Scanner, cumple su función.

Great scanner! I bought this specifically to monitor air band transmissions, because my daughter is working on her commercial pilot licence. If you plan on using it for air band you'll have to buy a decent external antenna. The antenna that comes with it isn't up to the task. I'm using an antenna specifically for air band 108Mhz - 136Mhz from "DPD Productions" which I mounted on my chimney. The internal speaker is pretty good, but I decided to buy a Cleartone MFJ-281 external speaker which is designed to work best in the frequency range of the human voice. One of my friends is an airline pilot and he was very impressed by how it performed.

muy bien, no es profesional, le falta potencia, pero por el precio esta muy bien, le falta claridad tiene a

Works well

La banda civil no tiene buena recepción y lo demás todo bien salvo el eliminador de corriente lo veo muy sencillo el cable de alimentación