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Uniden BC75XLT, 300-Channel Handheld Scanner, Public Safety, Police, Fire, Emergency, Marine, Auto Racing, Civil Air, Ham Radio, Railroad, CB Radio, NOAA Weather, and more. Compact Design.

Size:Small You can use the BC75XLT to monitor police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics), NOAA weather transmissions, business/industrial radio, utilities, marine and amateur (ham radio) bands, and air band transmissions. Of cour...

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Price

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Product

(79 reviews)
Sound

(21 reviews)
Reception

(47 reviews)
Quality

(19 reviews)
Radio

(37 reviews)
Feature

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Unit

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Money

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Battery

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Manual

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Reviews around size (4.64 of 5)

  • I have many scanners but this one has the most value for its modest price and size
  • I would recommend this scanner to others and friends .... perfect size not to big or to small just what I ordered!
  • Was easy to program and has excellent sound for such a small speaker and compact portable size.
  • "male shot in the face and chest, all units respond, MERCY respond, cancel MERCY, B and E broken sliding glass door, burglary in progress, car accident with vehicle upside-down and occupant still inside, etc.
  • Great in the field with its compact size and AA batteriesNot the greatest
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Reviews around price (4.52 of 5)

  • I bought this scanner based on the good reviews and fairly low price
  • Great scanner, but malicious pricing
  • Handheld bearcat scanner was a great buy at a fair price
  • It is lightweight, easy to hold, , works well and the price was good
  • "male shot in the face and chest, all units respond, MERCY respond, cancel MERCY, B and E broken sliding glass door, burglary in progress, car accident with vehicle upside-down and occupant still inside, etc.
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Reviews around buy (4.49 of 5)

  • it has more features this one u lose
  • Great buy and had no problems with them at all, will buy from them again..
  • does everything it claims to do which in itself is unusual ....great buy for the money....
  • Handheld bearcat scanner was a great buy at a fair price
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Reviews around product (4.20 of 5)

  • It's not a bad product for what I needed it for I would recommend it specialy for its portability a good scanner for the price.
  • i like the product and it works nice and it is loud and clear i would recommend this to a friend.so buy one too.
  • It's not a bad product for what I needed it for I would recommend it specialy for its portability a good scanner for the price.
  • i would say the uniden bc 75xlt handheld scanner is very portble can take it with you anywhere over all a good product
  • Product will only pick up weather stations and even then they aren't clear and I can never hear anything local even when they are close by I would recommend another unit but this one does not work even after we looked up fixes online
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Reviews around sound (4.16 of 5)

  • Plus the sound is not very loud.
  • Works great, clear sound and allows for listening in the air bands
  • The sound is loud and clear
  • it has more features this one u lose
  • My hearing is not great but it has good clear sound that I can understand.
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Reviews around reception (4.13 of 5)

  • The reception - even from this short distance - was not that great
  • reception was horrible and volume was incredibly low even if I could grab a frequency.
  • I would highly recommend itEasy to program, great reception
  • "male shot in the face and chest, all units respond, MERCY respond, cancel MERCY, B and E broken sliding glass door, burglary in progress, car accident with vehicle upside-down and occupant still inside, etc.
  • This is my second BC75XLT, good little scanner, good reception
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Reviews around quality (4.08 of 5)

  • Not very good quality control.
  • it has more features this one u lose
  • I get excellent range and high quality receiving incoming information on it
  • get a lot of comments/inquiries from strangers as I carry it everywhere listening to local law enforcement and such.
  • I thought I would get a more up-dated and better quality
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Reviews around radio (3.82 of 5)

  • get a lot of comments/inquiries from strangers as I carry it everywhere listening to local law enforcement and such.
  • Evan took it to Police Dept. radio technician, who can't clear it.
  • The radio is very compact, but don't let the size fool you
  • The radio is nice, so far has been difficult for me to program, only because I don't like reading directions.
  • While it's a very nice radio, the supported bands are not advertised in the write-up
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Reviews around feature (3.78 of 5)

  • The bottom line is that this is a well made, reasonably priced scanner that comes with a lot of useful features and is extremely easy to use
  • I will admit it is easy to use and has great features but still worthless to me.
  • The scanner has a wonderful feature that allows you to hone in on local frequencies, thus taking the aggravation out of spending an endless amount of time trying to connect to transmitters that are nearby
  • get a lot of comments/inquiries from strangers as I carry it everywhere listening to local law enforcement and such.
  • The scanner has a wonderful feature that allows you to hone in on local frequencies, thus taking the aggravation out of spending an endless amount of time trying to connect to transmitters that are nearby
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Reviews around unit (3.77 of 5)

  • This unit will NOT work without batteries, which is unfortunate.
  • For the more advanced listener looking for more features and capabilities this unit will not be enough for it does not do trunking and some other features.
  • The unit works as expected in the 406-512 UHF band, local Police & Fire
  • The unit is sturdy and will remain undamaged if you should drop it.
  • I live out in the country and hitting repeaters in surrounding town is know problem, Very good unit for the price
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Reviews around money (3.53 of 5)

  • Awful don’t waste your money took it to Homestead and it only picked up 3 channels what a waste and I missed the return
  • Awful don’t waste your money took it to Homestead and it only picked up 3 channels what a waste and I missed the return
  • "male shot in the face and chest, all units respond, MERCY respond, cancel MERCY, B and E broken sliding glass door, burglary in progress, car accident with vehicle upside-down and occupant still inside, etc.
  • If you're a first responder or tow truck driver, don't waste your money.
  • and i can listen to my local police and fire from a free app don't waste your money on this like i did .
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Reviews around battery (2.41 of 5)

  • so be sure to buy NIMH/NICAD batteries and a suitable battery charger.
  • Would recommend purchasing a charger, it can become expensive purchasing batteries.
  • The scanner has considerable ability and range, as well as being compact
  • I am a photographer and use expensive batteries in my equipment and even those don't work in this thing
  • I bought expensive rechargeable batteries and they go dead within 24 hours.
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Reviews around manual (2.05 of 5)

  • get a lot of comments/inquiries from strangers as I carry it everywhere listening to local law enforcement and such.
  • get a lot of comments/inquiries from strangers as I carry it everywhere listening to local law enforcement and such.
  • The scanner worked well, but the accompanying manual was rather confusing.
  • The scanner has considerable ability and range, as well as being compact
  • It took a little bit of experimenting to figure out how to program the channels correctly, as the manual was very vague, and it goes through batteries quickly.
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Reviews around time (1.74 of 5)

  • I had a hard time getting it to work but after a while has worked fine
  • haveing hard time getting it to work only one channel
  • My local department is switching to the 800 MHz frequency now, but the time I have had with this little thing has been amazing
  • I work at the airport and this thing has a very difficult time listening to ground ops or the tower
  • Don't waste your time or money b/c this company will not work with you at all!!!
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Reviews around model (1.00 of 5)

  • Simple handheld scanner with the best reception for a cheaper model
  • I did further review, and discovered this is a constant complaint regarding this specific model.
  • but again very very cheap model and very brittle plastic used for case.
  • Lastly, this is the best selling scanner on Amazon, but the Uniden support site does not support this model from the pull down menus.
  • "male shot in the face and chest, all units respond, MERCY respond, cancel MERCY, B and E broken sliding glass door, burglary in progress, car accident with vehicle upside-down and occupant still inside, etc.
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Reviews around window (1.00 of 5)

  • Upset with myself that I didn't try it sooner because I missed the return window.
  • Range is horrible completely useless I unfortunately missed the window for

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More about Uniden BC75XLT, 300-Channel Handheld Scanner, Public Safety, Police, Fire, Emergency, Marine, Auto Racing, Civil Air, Ham Radio, Railroad, CB Radio, NOAA Weather, and more. Compact Design.

  • Size:Small You can use the BC75XLT to monitor police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics), NOAA weather transmissions, business/industrial radio, utilities, marine and amateur (ham radio) bands, and air band transmissions
  • Of course, scanning the 32,000 available frequencies can be time-consuming and frustrating, which is why Uniden added such functions as Close Call capture technology, which instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters to help you detect and identify local signals, and a comprehensive memory that holds up to 300 programmed channels
  • Receives conventional channels on the following frequencies: (25-54 MHz) (108 - 174 MHz) (406 - 512 MHz)