The Uniden BC 898T, also known as the Bearcat, is one of the most universal scanners on the market. It can be a base scanner or a mobile scanner, and it has all the features you could ever need or want. The BC 898T has 500 frequency channels in 10 banks, the ability to store 100 talk group I.D.s per bank to total 1000, TrunkTracker III, DCS (104) / CTCSS (50) rapid decoding, PC interface capability, a signal strength meter, and a backlit display. The BC 898T has the ability to do about anything you could want a scanner to do, and is one of the best scanners you can buy.

This Uniden has the ability to listen to just about any conversation with a frequency range as broad as the horizon. It can detect 25-54 MHz, 108-174 MHz, 216-512 MHz, or 806-956 MHz. You can also track a trunked conversation with the Uniden-exclusive TrunkTracker III capability. Also, you can listen to the weather with its WX capability. This is one of the most functional scanners on the market.