• Reviews around reception (4.23 of 5)

    Uniden BC355N 800 MHz 300-Channel Base/Mobile Scanner. Close Call RF Capture Technology. Pre-programmed Service Search. “Action” Bands to Hear Police, Ambulance, Fire, Amateur Radio, Public Utilities, Weather, and More.

    • Reception is decent with antennae that comes with it, much better with the $35 antennae that I bought at radio shack.
    • It came with a regular aluminum adjustable antenna along with a corded antenna that will mount to a window with suction cups for improved reception
    • My reception is terrible
    • Clear, sharp reception
    • I put it in the same place that my last scanner was in that the reception was great, but this one the reception is terrible.
    • Get better reception with handheld
    • Great reception off supplied telescoping antenna across county.
    • Great reception!
    • Get the antenna outside of your house or car for best reception
    • Reception isn't good enough to really understand.
    • I put it in the same place that my last scanner was in that the reception was great, but this one the reception is terrible.
    • the system works great and you can lock out what stations you do not want temp. or permanently and the reception is good
    • Reception is good.
    • Reception with the supplied "suction cup" antenna is reasonable, but an inexpensive magnetic antenna (like from Hustler) makes a real improvement.
    • To improve reception and to pick up stations farther away I would suggest an outdoor VHF/UHF antenna
    • reception is very good
    • Reception with the included telescopic antenna is adequate (I have not yet tested the vehicle window antenna), but you would definitely get better reception with a third-party antenna (Luckily it has a standard BNC connection for the antenna to facilitate this)
    • The only thing I would consider if you are thinking about puting it in your personal car is to get a different antenna because there was poor reception with the stock one
    • Having an additional antenna stuck up in the window really helps improve the reception
    • 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
    • 19 for example), and c) a pretty fast scan rate, and d) a very sensitive receiver.
    • not as good as I though it would be