It's been the best scanner I've had since my AOR AR8000 died. It'll take a little getting used to the commands and features, but you play with it in your hands you'll find it quite intuitive. While you do NOT need a HAM license to own a scanner, some states such as Florida, require that you have your HAM license to use the scanner in a vehicle.

i have several digital trunking scanners, and used them when i worked at a private ambulance. we did a lot of 911 calls for the city i worked in, as they had limited medic units, and a big call volume. was nice to hear the FD dispatch, and know when we were gonna go assist them. they are a great investment, and well worth the price.

I moved from Indiana to Florida rendering my RadioShack PRO-106 pretty much useless as the systems are different down here. I ended up buying the Uniden Bearcat BCD456HP and I’m loving it!

Excellent choice in a scanner. I have the BCD536HP in a rack mount with my other comms gear. With a discone antenna mounted on my roof I can pick up agencies 20-25 miles away. Most agencies in my area have gone to trunked systems and P25 phase 1 and 2. Add a Tecsun PL-660 or PL-880 with SSB capabilities and a random wire antenna. You will be able to cover HF frequencies and listen to ham radio operators as well as commercial shortwave stations.

Thinking about getting this scanner for railfanning. I currently have the bc12at & I kinda want something taller & skinnier. I’ve heard many great things about this scanner & I can’t wait to get it!

Great video! Police scanners are definitely a must-have if you are into the prepared mind of set. When stuff happens we want to be the first to know instead of waiting minutes for the news to report on it, not to mention the media tends to get the story wrong for the first 15, 30 minutes living in New York City I can definitely say my scanner has helped me out a lot in the past few years. Also if you do not feel like carrying around your handheld scanner there are plenty of apps on smart phone that you can download

I've had mine for over three years and really like the options with this model. I bought the upgrades ProVoice and DMR Mototrbo just in case.

I've been into Scanners since I was a kid. I just turned 50 so I remember my first scanner from Radio Shack (Realistic Pro-26) had 4 channels and you needed that specific frequency crystal to pop in for whatever channel you needed. The tech has gotten insane in the last 30+ years. I like listening to fire and EMS definitely but detest wasting my time listening to law enforcement! A comment you made about cops talking more liberally on digital, that was true! If cops had their way, they'd happily switch to digital encryption for which they alone would have access to! Isn't it funny how all these guys work in public safety, they work for the public whose taxpayer funds pay them and ems and fire have no issues with transparency, whilst law enforcement claim they are transparent but need encryption for their safety! Uh huh... It's for their safety, yah that's it, it's not about saying revolting stuff on their Radios hoping we the public don't overhear them. Because, yah, their safety, that's it! I live in Los Angeles and though we may be digital, 99% of LAPD's system isn't encrypted, even though they wanted it to be. My personal opinion is that fire & ems work in legit public safety jobs and full respect to those two actual public safety professions. As regards those who scream privacy and encryption, what are they trying to hide?

I love mine. I also got the DMR update. It's well worth the money. The phone apps are useless in comparison and in an emergency when phones are log jammed that thing won't be.

You have misspoke a little bit you say it as if digital is a band of frequencies and that’s incorrect it breaks down like this you have Analog UHF/VHF frequencies and you have Digital UHF/VHF frequencies. That scanner you have there picks up both Analog and Digital so old and new radio plus decides P25 phase one and two which is what most law enforcement uses nowadays. Apart from that great video.

I use mine because I live in a severe weather prone area. They come in handy.

I have grown to like the "quick draw" holster clips....

digital and analog. vhf and uhf are frequency bands, digital or analog are the type of signals transmitted on the frequencies. kind of like vhf and uhf are the type of paper and digital or analog are like cursive or braille.

Love your video's. Keep up the good work!

$400 wow, will have to save up! Sticking to the phone apps for now

Very cool looking radio. You say you can't transmit, is that because your not certified? Or is this unit a listen only in the digital format?

son I am 77 years and since 1967 I have owened 50 scanners in 50 years put in a zip code all agence in my state operate on 800 megaherts the radio is p25 capable dont put in a favert list you will hear everything but in cripted My fire chief requstedb a permit from are bca office to have in my car also good luck in joy lisening don't get in there way.

What do you think is better ? The BCD 436 or the Whistler TRX-1 ? Are they about the same ? Thanks ;.

Excellent video, I really like the hands on demonstrations. How would this compare to say a BaoFeng for those of us on a limited budget?

Great video thank you. Question. So if I'm in New York and I want to listen to Florida could I do this if I know the postal code for Florida? Thanks in advance.

I live in Raleigh nc they upgraded there system so I hear nothing I need to upgrade my my scanner sofewere where do I send it Iam not tech savie

look at what your area uses for encryption for the police and other emergency services because I have to get a more expensive one because locally where I live the police and emergency services use the first level of the trunk system

Oh man I so want one of those!

Hi ur great where did u buy from and how much thank you sir. I been listening to pilice scanners since i was 9. My first was a 20 channel radio shack .1993

I’m considering getting one. Here in PA all the counties around me except for mine has already gone digital to either the P25 system or something similar. State police using open sky so I’m not going to be able to listen

how many hours do the batteries last in this one?

Thanks, being with FP and USCG I have been looking for a good digital HH scanner so I don't have to carry the heavy HT while working in the yard. Our HT's allow us to take with FD, PD., and all Stocs but again they are heavy to carry while hanging around the house.

great video going to purchase mine I am a volunteer f police, this is great. only having a pager you still need to know what your responding too. and what is happening on the scene

Does this also do LB (Low Band) analog. I need it because we dispatch on 33.8000mhz

How often do you have to update the freqs?

Can ot scan CB channels as well?

Nice vid. But like for all others, I recommend you skip the bloopers at the end. Kind of degrades the nice work you're doing. just my two cents of course.

They switched to Phase 1 or Phase 2 "trunking" digital frequencies

sound very confusing to program for $400 bucks. wow!

VHF and UHF can be both Analog and Digital !!!!!!!

Can you here what's going on?

And a little clarification: in some States you MUST have a HAM ticket to have a scanner mobile. NY, you better just be careful with one ANYWAY,, IN You must have a HAM ticket, KY risky even with a HAM ticket. Check your state laws. And now thes rock even more as thy have EDACS ProVOICE, DMR, and NXDN upgrades! *For a fee*

These new scanners are great but what I HATE about ALL digital modes is the wuffy sound of the audio. Unlike analog, DMR voices sound like people are talking with a mouth full of marshmallows! The city I worked for as a volunteer went to Harris OpenSky and the audio quality was HORRIBLE! If you use the radios 8 hours a day 5 days a week you get used to it but once or twice week it takes awhile to train your brain to understand muffled speech. Howf fwood fwoo wike foo whissen fwoo whiss allf dway? Now hams are using digital modes more and more. System Fusion and D-Star sound just as bad!

This scanner has worst manual and user menu ever seen. Nothing works as expected. Uniden engineers must have been locked in a bunker missing entire three decades of modern UI design advancements.

My police are on p25 phase 2 none encrypted starcom. Now my county sheriff's is on phase 2 p21 starcom 25 not p25 like my police.now another police by me are on p21 phase 1 starcom25 none encrypted.the county bext to is on p21 phase 2 encrypted so no scanner will pick them up.

Yo some shitty channel (with some weird name called Kimochi Review) is posting other people’s content and your video is one of them. Figured I’d let you know since KZfaq doesn’t have stolen content as a report option, and copyright takedown can only be submitted by the owner of said content. I’d seen this on another review and that guy obviously put some effort into his video, as did you. Thought it was shitty enough to do something about it so yeah.

Unfortunately, those piggies are encrypting all their communications. Don't expect in the future the ability to be informed. Yes I hate digital; just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I hate mine had it one day manual programming makes we want to smash it

are you having a giveaway ?

what if their system us trunked?

That's how spider-man finds the action.

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Cool video. Just check local law before driving around with this in your own car. A ham radio license *might* save your bacon if the law says you shouldn't have it on the road.

Just a tip if your county is still on a Analog radio system 500MHZ and under Don't waste your money just buy a Bafang and use that as a scanner

Both the Uniden and Whistler digital scanners are Pathetic. One the other hand the ICOM and AOR Digital Communication Receivers are a several levels in Advancement. the ICOM R-30A and the AOR DV-10 Handheld Digital Communication Receivers are Advanced and the Most Up to Date Scanners / Receivers you can buy. the ICOM R-30 has Built in GPS and has Dual Watch and a Band Scope Feature. the ICOM is also both Military Grade dust proof and water proof. While the AOR has a Automatic Detection of Digital Modes as well as GPS and is dust proof / waterproof. the AOR DV-10 also has Dual Watch and Band Scope.