The 5 Best Frequency Scanners (2023 reviews)

The whistler frequency scanner's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. It is best choice for an outdoor antenna like the diamond d130j. It is programmed locally by a retired two way radio professional. It is a phase 1 or phase 2 scanner. It can be mounted in your car and hooked up to run off 12 volt, but that is all. It picks up a wide variety of services including aircraft, police, fire and many others.

The Ws1065 stores up to 1, 800 frequencies and lets you search for nearby frequency transmissions and automatically jump to a found transmission. It comes with a power cord and bracket for mounting. It is good for all but the encrypted frequencies.

Why We Like This:

Good reception even at a distance, recommend addition of external speaker
Easy to program thru your pc
Scanner antennas for cars can work well for at home listening

Best For Home: Uniden Ham Radio

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The uniden ham radio is capable of outshining several other scanner featured in this list in overall features in its price range. This sophisticated scanner has 300 users. It does everything you want a scanner to do. It can be used by police, fire/emergency, marine, racing, civil air, ham radio, railroad, cb radio, weather, and more. It features, the orange backlight display is easy to read, even in low light conditions.

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. The Bc75xlt covers the bands used by amature radio operators for emergency reporting including noaa weather broadcasts, as well as frequencies used at other events such as auto races, local events, and more. It includes a sturdy belt clip as well.

Why We Like This:

Programable channels in a convenient compact design with loads of features
Nice blacklight to see display at night
Great for airports and nascar frequencies

Best For animals: Valuestore.Us Frequency Scanner

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate scanner. The valuestore.us frequency scanner is exactly that - it's a simple scanner that hits all the right notes. The rectal probe is the only probe you can use for llamas and alpacas. It offers a probe with only 2 inches reading area and only 1 image processor which means lower image quality. It works well for use on a goat. It is a standalone ultrasound which doesn’t rely on apps for mobile devices to work. It doesn’t even work with cows or horses just dogs and cats. It allows indoor/outdoor use protecting it from falling during a diagnosis with an unexpected move. The power adapter is custom made.

Why We Like This:

Built-in memory to storage up to 128 images
Love compact size, easy to see view screen
New and hot release

Best For truck: Uniden Frequency Scanner

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Next on the list, we've got yet another scanner that manages to win our hearts. It's the uniden frequency scanner and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient scanner you can buy. This scanner is extremely hard to operate, with a big learning curve. It will scan all services in your area. The Wi-Fi feature lets you use the exclusive uniden siren app on your smartphone or tablet to access your scanner from anywhere in your home or vehicle. It will automatically install the frequencies within the chosen radius for all of the different bands.

This scanner, when programmed properly, using either your ZIP, GPS coordinates, discovery mode, or with the Uniden Sentinel software (quick and easy to use btw), will result in your complete satisfaction. It is a perfect solution, it is possible for you to reduce more distant signals on the frequency of interest.

Why We Like This:

Top of the line quality all the bells n whistles
All necessary wires and hardware come with the radio
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For Railroad: Hogor Frequency Scanner

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The hogor frequency scanner should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. The receiver incorporates the homepatrol database of all known radio systems in the usa and canada. It lets you set how far out from your current location the scanner will search for channels in favorites lists and the database. It can scan any combination of favorites lists and the full database. This allows you to organize your systems into favorites lists.

The database is updatable with the Sentinel software and Uniden updates the main database weekly. It is built to jis4 f(ipx4) standards, it is rugged and weather resistant. It provides for improved digital performance in challenging rf environments.

Why We Like This:

Delivers what they promise
Good brand reputation