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Uniden Bearcat BC125AT Handheld Scanner. 500 Alpha-Tagged channels. Public Safety, Police, Fire, Emergency, Marine, Military Aircraft, and Auto Racing Scanner. Lightweight, Portable Design.

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Listen in and stay informed, this sophisticated scanner has 500 alpha-tagged channels in a convenient compact design with loads of features. Close Call RF capture technology instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters and the Do Not Disturb Mode prevents Close Call checks during a transmission.
Listen to Over 40,000 Frequencies, you can listen to both civilian and military bands, including Police, Ambulance, Fire, Weather, Marine, Aircraft, Railroad, Civil Air, Amateur radio services, and Racing events.
Search More Efficiently with 500 Alpha-Tagged Channels Finding the channel you want to listen to is easy, with 500 channels divided into 10 storage banks. Organize your channels by department, location, area of interest, or any other way you prefer. Alpha Tagging lets you assign names to your channels, so you can keep track of who you are listening to.
Lightweight, Portable Design, take this Bearcat handheld radio scanner with you on the road, or on outings. It packs plenty of features, the orange backlight display is easy to read, even in low light conditions.
Get started listening right away with convenient Pre-sets for the most popular searches. Frequencies are preset in ten separate Police, Fire/Emergency, Ham, Marine, Railroad, Civil Air, Military Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS/MURS, and Racing search bands. This makes it easy to find channels that interest you.
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BC125AT 500 Channel Handheld Scanner with Alpha Tagging

Listen in and stay informed with the Uniden BC125AT Compact Bearcat Handheld Scanner. This sophisticated scanner with 500 alpha-tagged channels boasts a convenient compact design and loads of features. Close Call RF capture technology instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters and the Do Not Disturb Mode prevents Close Call checks during a transmission. With this Bearcat scanner, you can listen to military and civilian air bands. You can also get important weather and safety alerts.


Listen to Over 40,000 Frequencies The Bearcat BC125AT handheld scanner gives you direct access to over 40,000 frequencies. You can listen to both civilian and military bands, including police, ambulance, fire, weather, marine, aircraft, railroad, civil air, amateur radio services, and racing.	Search More Efficiently with 500 Alpha-Tagged Channels Finding the channel you want to listen to is easy, with 500 channels divided into 10 storage banks. Organize your channels by department, location, area of interest, or any other way you prefer. Alpha Tagging lets you assign names to your channels, so you can keep track of who you are listening to.	Lightweight, Portable Design Take this Bearcat handheld radio scanner with you on the road, or on outings. It packs plenty of features in a lightweight, portable design. The orange backlight display is easy to read, even in low light conditions.


	Conventional	Analog Trunking	Digital Trunking	Database (Digital)
Handheld	SR30C, BC125AT		BCD325P2	BCD436HP
Base/Mobile	BC355N, BC365CRS	BCT15X	BCD996P2	BCD536HP
Unique				HomePatrol-II
Use For	Events, Gifts, Amateur Radio, Rural Public Safety, NASCAR, Auto Races, Boat Races, Military, Marine, Railroad	Everything to the left, plus, Analog Public Safety, Technical user in areas w/o digital trunking systems	Everything to the left, plus, Digital Public Safety, Technical user in areas with digital trunking systems	Digital Public Safety Communications, Easy HomePatrol Programming by Zip Code

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Customer Rating	(1782)	(958)	(5250)	(5536)	(955)
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Sold By	Available from these sellers	Amazon.com	BaoFeng Tech	Sincrel	Amazon.com
Color	Multicolor	Black	Black	Black	BCD436HP
Item Dimensions	4.33 x 2.17 x 7.28 inches	8.46 x 3.35 x 8.46 inches	10.50 x 2.00 x 2.00 inches	8.00 x 4.00 x 5.00 inches	3.80 x 2.40 x 9.02 inches
Model Year	2012	—	—	—	—
Style	Handheld Scanner	Channel Scanner	Single	Two Way Radio	Single

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"The Bearcat BC125AT Handheld Scanner has a feature called Close Call Technology. The Close Call RF Capture instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters and the Close Call Do Not Disturb Mode prevents close call checks during a transmission. This radio is compact and features Weather Alert technology and is capable of attaching to civilian and military air bands.Receives conventional channels on the following frequencies: (25-54 MHz) (108-174 MHz) (225-380 MHz) (400-512 MHz) ". Pre-Sets for Popular Channels

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Style:Handheld Scanner

Product Dimensions

4.33 x 2.17 x 7.28 inches

Item Weight

14.4 ounces

ASIN

B00772MR0K

Item model number

BC125AT

Batteries

2 AA batteries required. (included)

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1,782 ratings

3.8 out of 5 stars

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#1 in Radio Scanners

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

August 26, 2011

Department

Electronics

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Uniden

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Product Warranty: For warranty information about this product, please click here [PDF ] Spanish (Mexico) 771770 [PDF 1.89 MB]

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WAY behind the times

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

I bought this scanner because, according to data cited on RadioReference.com, my local police department is accessible with this scanner. TIP for the unaware: DON'T believe a thing that RadioReference.com tells you. I just got finished talking with someone in the communications department of my local PD and they changed over to digital communications TWO YEARS AGO!

Since I live in a little po-dunk city, you can be sure that your local emergency departments have all changed over to digital as well. The only chatter this scanner picks up is the local cab company. If you download the available software, this scanner is easy to program. But that's a moot point when you can't tune in to any of the important channels broadcasting in your area.

Be sure to note the date of any positive review for this product. Time has moved on. Due to advances in technology, this radio is useful only if you specifically want to listen to NOAA weather reports and the pedantic conversations of local amateur radio operators. Don't get me wrong, this is a nice scanner. But it's a total waste of money if your intent is to listen to your local emergency services.

BUY A DIGITAL SCANNER. This one is WAY behind the times.

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Capable Scanner for the Price

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

I had a 25 year old Radio Shack Scanner 10 channel (not ten bank) scanner and it was time to update. Living in the rural area of Northern California, and being an ex-volunteer firefighter, my wife and I depend on our scanner to keep alerted to local emergency events.

I decided on the Uniden BC125AT after helping a friend program his. There were a number of things I found that helped me decide:

THE GOOD

• Good sound. The filtering in this scanner was able to filter out the static noise from the various electronics in our home.
• Compact size and comfortable in the hand.
• Alpha Numeric channel programming and labeling. The ability to add labels to each channel as it appears on the screen during a transmission makes it easier to know what is actually happening. I can instantly know what dispatch center is transmitting.
• The free Windows software available from the Uniden website (link in the owners manual) allowed me to quickly and easily enter the frequencies I wanted along with a name for each channel, save it to a file on my computer, then upload the file to the scanner. With ten separate banks of 505 channels each, it was a simple matter to create separate banks for Fire, Police, Air Firefighting Resources, and even separate banks for local city emergency resources. After I programmed the friend's unit I received mine about two days later and it took just a few seconds to upload the data into my BC125AT.
• The ability to lock out banks. It is very easy to lock out any of the banks so, for example, you can lock all out except one bank where you program local fire resources.
• Scan all banks, scan one bank, or pick on channel to scan. In an emergency it is nice to be able to just listen to the main fire dispatch channel and it is easy to select that function.
• The multi-function "volume knob." The rotary knob has many functions including setting the volume, adjusting the squelch, scrolling through the channels saved in banks.
• Adjustable screen brightness and contract

THE BAD (or at least, not as good)
• The included rechargeable batteries are decent but the charger in the Uniden is set by time only in hours. Insert a fully-charged pair of cells and plug the Uniden in and if the charger is set to charge for six hours, it will charge for that period of time. This overheats the batteries which can shorten their life. Thy get quite warm to the touch, but so far not dangerously so. I suggest keeping a spare set of batteries charged and switch them out as needed.
• It charges through the USB cable, and only charges the batteries when the unit is turned off. If the BC125AT is on, the batteries will not receive a charge. When turned off the charge restarts and will run the full length of time you selected in the menu system.
• When I purchased this, the Amazon link to the warranty information was to an old PDF page from 2010 from Uniden that stated the unit had a three (3) year warranty. THAT IS INCORRECT. The printed manual that came with the scanner (©2012) states it has a one (1) year warranty. I called Uniden today (8/6/2018) and that information was confirmed.
• The owners manual could be better. This is a powerful unit and can do a lot of things. To access much of the menu system takes multiple button presses. The manual describes these is somewhat more complicated text than is necessary. Flow charts for each functions would have been MUCH better. I know- I have written owners manuals and created flow charts for similar programming and function systems.

CONCLUSION
I give this unit 4 stars instead of 5 only because of the outdated battery charging system. Other than that, this is a very nice scanner for under $100. I do suggest purchasing the extended warranty so that you have more than one year's protection.

NOTE: The linked PDF warranty file on the Amazon sales page when I purchased this scanner stated that the warranty was three (3) years. IT IS NOT! That PDF file was from 2010. The ©2012 owners manual that comes with the scanner states that the warranty period is one (1) year. I verified this with Uniden Customer Service.

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D Chandler

Know your Local Codes before Buying

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Silly me. I cant tune into nothing here in my City. This radio was very expensive(for me). It's my fault. I know it seems like im being anal but truly im not. I just cant give this 5-Stars when Ive paid full price but I cant use it. Its totally useless to me. I've should've done my research. I dont know what it's like to enjoy this product thus the reason Im giving it such a low rating. Again, BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS, Research YOUR LOCAL Stations to see if you can even use this. I Can Not use it! It's not the Sellers Fault. It's Mine! The Seller and Sender gets 10 stars from me, but the Product Receives LOW stars from me because I can't Use it AT ALL. Try to Understand my Review if you Can. Thanks

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Michael6271

Good product But Not Easy for the Novice

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

This seems to be a very good scanner, but there is quite a steep learning curve. You do not just turn it on and start scanning. The radio requires extensive set up and programming before use which is rather difficult to understand for a novice like me. All of the frequencies and other specifics for what you want to listen to must be entered into the device's memory, which means you must know those things before you start. Luckily many of these are available online. The owner's manual is not terribly well written and somewhat confusing. Hint: go to the Uniden web site and download the USB drivers and programming software. It is vastly easier than programming the scanner directly. I bought the scanner primarily to monitor aircraft traffic and it works amazingly well. I can hear the local air traffic control tower from my home which is over 15 miles away!
Do your research before buying. Make sure what you want to listen to is even accessible. For example, many local police, fire and other frequencies are now encrypted or carried over proprietary networks which are not accessible to the public.

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Matt

This is a fantastic scanner. I've owned a few over the last ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

This is a fantastic scanner. I've owned a few over the last 25 years, and this one is by far the most user-friendly. Don't get me wrong...my PRO-43 was legendary. But, I couldn't plug it into my laptop and program it. This Bearcat (my second bearcat) was purchased for VHF and UHF air bands. Not any other reason. Please don't complain about no 800mhz or whatever. That's not what this scanner is for, and It isn't advertised as being so. In stock form, I have 3 issues with it. Omission of 380-400 MHz, poor stock battery life, and a crappy antenna. So, since the scanner was so inexpensive, I purchased a set of Eneloop batteries with charger, a Diamond RH77CA antenna, and said 'oh well' to the 3 frequencies I can't get above 380 in milair. Problems solved. And now, this thing is phenomenal. Read the manual, download the free programming software, update the firmware to V1.03, and add the upgrades I mentioned above, and you will be happy.

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Uniden Bearcat 500 Scanner

Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2017

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

This handheld scanner is ideal for listening in on all frequencies (railway, CB, EMF, Marine etc). It's relatively easy to add in your own frequencies and interest(s) using the scanner, however, easier and faster still with the free software that you can download from Uniden to programme the scanner using your computer then saving the files onto the scanner and in files on your computer for updates, and changes. Using the free software makes it easier to add/remove frequencies, text, preset lockouts, add banks and so on. Text tags for better identification with the frequencies is a plus (tedious if use the scanner to add this feature though). Range is quite good with the antennae that comes with the unit. The Close Call and Search features are useful especially for new frequencies not yet listed in books or at radioreference. It uses two rechargeable batteries (probably the better way) and you can recharge them while using your computer or better still to get one of those plug adapters from Apple and just plug into a wall outlet. Overall, with all the scanners I have had in the past this one is by the best in ease of use and programming, and clear audio. Well worth the purchase.

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BC Cdn

Easy to program. Truly portable.

Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Great little scanner for mostly conventional scanning, but CTCSS/DCS feature expands the hits this scanner picks up. I use it mainly for rail and air and scanning, also lots of security, delivery drivers, mall stores for interesting listening. Pair with an external antenna for excellent home or mobile scanning. Easy to program, truly portable.

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Julie

Poor reception

Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

This scanner didn't receive very well. I listened to the aviation band on several of the frequencies I'd programmed for both a nearby (2.5 nm) municipal airport and a farther (12 nm) international airport, of which I'm under the approach path. Very few transmissions were heard, even from aircraft flying overhead, and those that were heard were readability 1-2. Also, I noticed the military aviation frequencies have 380 - 400 MHz unavailable.
Not really impressed.

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Lauren Mulkerns

Awesome product! Patience required.

Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2020

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Bought this for my father for railroad scanning. It does take patience to set up but it's not possible. He is not technically inclined and it had taken him time to read through instructions but he has fully set it up and customized it. Recommend the extra antenna for clarity and distance but it's not necessary. This unit is very powerful in a small package! Also, very discreet, you could easily railwatch with headphones on and noone would notice.

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Cindy Smith

Great

Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Bought as a gift for my husband and he is very happy with this model. I had bought another for him but it didn’t cover the frequency we needed and it was more like a 70s radio. He picked this one out to replace the wrong one and the new one is easily portable (the size of a kids walkie talkie) & the light up screen is easy to read.

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johnny7s

I found the reception range quite good as I live in the country quite far from ...

Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2018

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

I found the reception range quite good as I live in the country quite far from town. Trying to set it up and store channels is very difficult and confusing, even with the instructions and online help is confusing as well. I am glad I only have a couple of channels I listen to.Quite surprised at how quickly it drains the batteries so I usually just plug it in and leave it.

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Jim

Nice little unit.

Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2017

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Though I have not had a chance to really get into using this unit, it does seem to work properly for the most part.
It was well packed, seems solid, and I was able to charge it using USB, and also connect it to my laptop where I was able to update the firmware as well as adjust some settings.

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Instruction en français

Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Pas d’instructions en français. Difficile à comprendre pour le faire fonctionner.

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Rockhound

Good device but not very user-friendly

Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Lightweight, compact unit that works well. My main complaint is that its operation is not straightforward and the manual supplied with the unit is one of the most useless documents ever to come into my hands. I look back fondly on the old Bearcat 200.

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Very good but....

Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2020

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

It works great outdoor but inside, there is a lot of static. Whether it's a scanner or a two way radio, always best outside.
I still recommend it.
P.L

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John S.

Scanner done right st reasonable price point!

Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2020

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High quality monitor, super easy to program. We have a couple in office that cost double this but this is always go to unit for clarity and ease of use!

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jean-francois

Very good product

Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

After a few days playing with it I find it very cool.
This small scanner is very sensitive and the signal meter can be used to fox hunting.
Great.
Uniden legendary quality.

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Del Rio DX CDMX

BC125AT

Reviewed in Mexico on February 2, 2020

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Excelente Equipo Portátil, Un Poco Confuso El Manejo Por La Falta De Documentación En Español.
Pero Nada Que No Se Pueda Superar.

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Solomon

it's alright

Reviewed in Canada on April 28, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Should have some ; to get a digital one.
But it's been working fine.
Have to see if I can get an attachment to increase the signal when using inside the car.

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Ok scanner , mediocre reception.

Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2019

Style: Handheld ScannerVerified Purchase

Like the ability to pick up on some ham radio and other random scan frequencies. Technology is becoming dated and less to listen to as years progress. Ok for some entertainment.

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BC125AT 500 Channel Handheld Scanner with Alpha Tagging

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