📻 Uniden BEARTRACKER 885: Full-Featured Hybrid CB Radio with Police/Fire/Ambulance/DOT Scanner, TrunkTracking and BearTracker Warning System. 40-Channels, 4-Watt Power, 7-Color Display. Review

I bought this CB on 05/22/2018 for my 15 JKUs. The LED screen no longer works. I turn on the radio and nothing appears. I need one of my buddies next to me talking on the radio so I know what radio station I'm on. I really regret giving my sister my Bearcat without LEDs. FML this radio broke my heart.

Update after 1 year: LCD no longer works. Really disappointed. Old rating if newer —> 3 out of 5 because the LCD screen cannot light up bright enough in daylight to be seen well. Since this is what you need almost every time you use it, it's no good. I went through the manual and tried all the different contrast and brightness settings and couldn't get it bright, although the brightness level worked. The self-test feature is handy - not sure how accurate it is compared to the built-in meter,

Best SSB CB for the money, easy to set up once you familiarize yourself with all the options. The backlight is a little lacking in direct sunlight, even when fully installed, but unless you're fiddling with all the options while driving, that's not an indicator. One suggestion is to manually tune the antenna before using the autotune feature and then once you have an acceptable SWR level, follow the autotune steps. If you have a properly installed system with quality components, you should see…

This is the perfect radio for me and my wife. The radio station is good. We like to have a scanner. It is only heard that police, fire brigade, emergency services and the hotspots in your area are exactly those things. You can't control the frequencies you hear, no banks, no frequencies are shown on screen, it only shows Fire, Police or Ambulance, it's a scanner that you can just turn on and hear what you hear. no programming. which is great for us. Going everywhere eliminates the need to…

Im impressed with my radio ready to use. However, there are a few things I don't like. Color and brightness of the display play almost no role. Mine is set in the ground with the sleeper and it's pretty darn dark most of the day and you can still barely see it. If I had it in a sedan or day cab/pickup I would have to return it. Big mistake on a single part. But I got it working in my situation. The HF gain, which is digitally 1-5, doesn't seem to have any fine tuning. And the squelch is turned…

This device is not a perfect scanner as other reviewers have noted, compared to some of Uniden's other flagship scanners this device is limited. This unit is the perfect answer to my problem: how to install and use scanner, CB and 2m/70cm radio well in my Ram 2500. I could install any two but not three without opening up the dash and installing hardware from the top down to the windscreen. I didn't want to do it! In use, the scanner can be operated quite comfortably while driving; You don't…

I am both a scanner enthusiast and a CB user. I travel a lot for long distances for pleasure. This device is ideal for such drives! Turn it on and go. Easy. It works perfectly. It's very basic and that's what I want for in-car use. You can choose from four surveillance services: Police, Fire, Ambulance, and DOT. One of the transmissions heard from one of these attackers appears on the screen. No talkgroup or frequency information. I'm happy with that. If I wanted more detail I could hook up my…

Uniden's mid-size Bearcat 980 SSB sets the gold standard for modern consumer CB radios. Many features such as scan capability, CB/PA/NOAA Wx, customizable screen colors, built in diagnostics and single band - at least in my area - are typically found in much more expensive radios. The 980's closest consumer-level competitor might be the Cobra 29. The Cobra has many of these features at a similar price, but lacks the sideband that effectively gives the 980 an additional 80 "channels". Signals…