Love this little scanner!

I shut off the transmitter so that I can't accidentally transmit I use it as a very inexpensive scanner

Awesome scanner

This is a great little scanner buy the battery is totally dead under 1yr.

Great scanner, walkie talkie but not useful for emergencies.

It's a great scanner

I definitely recommend this radio/scanner

Scanner works

Great "police scanner" too if you set it up for that.

This is a great little scanner buy the battery is totally dead under 1yr.

Still have it going after almost a year, great radio use it as a scanner in my car

Great scanner radio, perfect size.

Other than that I think this is a good radio/scanner for the price.

They work very well as a scanner, and for the price very hard to beat

Makes a good law enforcement scanner for a low price!

Ive used this unit for about a month now and have been quite happy with it as a scanner and for listening in to my local ham club's weekly net.

I love my scanner

It's a decent little scanner but the antenna stopped after like a

Great little scanner

Works great as a scanner

Very nice scanner sounds great use it a lot thanks

This radio works great for ham bands, works great as a scanner, and my understanding is that it IS type certified and can be used for business frequencies legally too.

Scanning feature makes it an inexpensive scanner for public safety as well as ham.

I love this UV-5R radio/scanner

Works great as a police scanner

Of course it doesn't scan as fast as a (more expensive) scanner radio, but that's fine.

Inexpensive "Police Scanner" all you need is the right frequencies.

Of course it doesn't scan as fast as a (more expensive) scanner radio, but that's fine.

Buy the programming cable if you want to use this as a scanner it's easy to get

It works as a basic scanner and it's interesting to listen to what is going on around you as far as police, ham, etc

Great deal on a great radio!Scanner, amateur, FRS, GMRS, MURS, Marine, FM broadcast, etc

HT's, they also make great scanners

And as a bonus, this can be used as a scanner, without ever using it as a HAM radio

The different LED’s are nice

light weight,small and excellent range.we use it professionally as well as for enjoyment.licences are required for these radios

The 70 CM band works as it should.

I bumped it up another star as they had good communication with me and said they will send out a replacement charger

Not as easy as on the old Japanese radio