Uniden BEARCAT 980 40- Channel SSB CB Radio with Sideband NOAA WeatherBand,7- Color Digital Display PA/CB Switch and Noise Cancelling Mic, Wireless Mic Compatible

The volume on the radio does not work out of the box couldnt tell if the rest of it worked or not there was no volume

The Uniden Bearcat 980 SSB is a good sounding radio with exception reach with a GOOD antenna. I spoke with a man in Georgia from Phoenix. (Conditions we’re right) Accurate SWR built in with fine tuning adjustments. Many features you won’t need and it has “beep” canceling. STRONGLY RECOMMEND

THIS IS THE SECOND 980 SSB I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON....IT WAS RECENTLY ON SALE FOR $122.00........I JUST COULDNT PASS IT UP........THE FIRST ONE I BOUGHT IN 2013...........I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS AFTER INSTALLING IT IN MY PICK-UP TRUCK ALONG WITH A K30 ANTENNA.....THE NEW ONE WILL BE INSTALLED IN MY AUTO....ALONG WITH A WILSON LITTLE WIL ANTENNA.........GREAT SSB CB RADIO......THE ONLY BAD THING IS THAT UNIDEN MADE IT SO YOU CANT MODIFY IT.......DAM IT!!!!

Absolutely awesome CB in concept, but poor in execution. Its like they took a list of everything a CBer would want and handed it to engineers who know nothing about CBs. The good: * Solid SSB. No drifting due to temperature changes. * Great audio. Everyone says I sound perfect. * WX works well. * Numerous colors for display. * Built in SWR meter. * PA feature (non-amplified) The bad (and there is a lot of it): * The annoying beeps everyone talks about. What were they thinking? * You will have to buy an external speaker. Stock speaker is absolutely useless in even moderate wind/road noise. Pathetic 2.5 and 16 ohms. Even for an indoor base station this barely adequate at best. * Display is just as bad as the speaker. Even at night it is too dim and disappears when looked at from the slightest angle. Daytime viewing is absolutely unacceptable. Why this was allowed to be built this way is beyond me unless Uniden just didnt give a damn whatsoever. * QC is just as bad as the speaker and display. Out of the three units Ive owned, one had the display stop lighting after six months of extremely light use (as pictured). Then the AM/WX decided to stop working after six more months of sitting in storage. The annoying beeps still work just fine, though. * The second unit I had would not transmit beyond 1/4 mile from a rooftop base station antenna. Many buyers report the unit not putting out full power, even TXing as low as 2 watts. * Noise filtering is hit and miss on each unit. My two units that broke had good noise filtering. The one I have that still works picks up alternator whine which can only be drowned out with the squelch knob. These were all tested on the same vehicle. * Hardware is locked tight and can not be expanded for extra channels. * Unidens warranty is only one year and they make the customer pay return shipping for their lousy products that should have never left the factory in the first place. * (On a side note, this model disappeared from Amazons listings for about a year. I strongly suspect it was due to the large amount of returns they got.) If you have the extra money, look elsewhere. This model had great potential but its drawbacks are just not worth the headaches.

This new Uniden CB is amazing, the reception is so much better than the old ones from the 80s I got from Goodwill and the sound so much clearer I can hardly believe it. It will pickup stations on almost every channel and the sound is clear so I can actually understand what some of the folks on there are saying now. Besides SSB and weather band it has lots of extra features like a built in SWR meter and a voltmeter to display the power supply/ battery voltage. Even though it receives good, when I pressed the transmit key on the mic and talked into it nothing happened! The meter showed that it was transmitting full power but I didnt hear anything. Even though most CB mics have a 4 pin plug this one uses an odd ball 6 pin plug but they included an adapter so you can use another mic. I tired a different mic and it worked so I took the mic apart and the wiring seemed to be OK but I found a piece of white plastic stuck over the hole in the front that was keeping sound out. When I peeled that off it worked just fine. There is a black fiber piece stuck over the hole and the white plastic piece. Take off the white plastic piece, throw it away and put the mic back together and it will work much better. Also, when using the WX receiver it would only play one strong channel and the others were quiet even though I know there are more channels. The problem turned out to be the Squelch control for WX on the PC board being turned up too far. If you remove the bottom cover and look at the PC board there is a square metal box near the center with a lot of solder on it. Just to the right of it is a tiny trim pot called RT500 labeled Wx Sq. There is a special tool thats used to adjust it but a tiny Philips screwdriver will work too. If you look closely there is a center point on it that will be set point down at about the 5:00 position. It needs to be turned clockwise to the 6:00 position or about 20 degrees to turn down the Squelch in order to get weaker stations. Its not critical and if you turn it too far it wont hurt anything, you will just get noise on the channels that dont have a station. BTW, dont buy the used ones. While it looks like a good deal to get an open box item at a lower price they are bad ones that were broken by the first buyer then returned which is what you will get since Amazon doesnt test them.

I started out getting a cheap CB with no extras to see if I liked it. After playing around for a few days I decided I wanted the extra goodies. This radio is fantastic; I chose it over the comparable cobra. The Bearcat 980 is the same thing, except with SSB. Ive read that most people dont use SSB, but if you are planning on using this with an exclusive group this option may suit your needs. I put this on my 2000 Chevy Astro and am using it with a 4 Firestik. Here are a few notes: 1) Forget the cigarette lighter plug, buy some 14 gauge wire from the auto store and run it directly to your battery. This will GREATLY reduce the electrical interference from your engine. I first used the cig lighter and the interference was terrible. 2) This unit has a built in SWR meter, antenna checker, ANL AND NB (further reduces interference from outside sources), weather alert, all channel scan, and RF gain control. I use all these features regularly. These are the major goodies youre paying the extra money for and they make it 100x more enjoyable. 3) Make sure to tune your antennas SWR to prevent damage to the radio. 4) The aesthetics and build quality are great - being able to change the colors is way cool.

Good product only with the right antenna, the recommended antenna is very weak only giving one or two mile range. You will need 10 mile range to make it a good radio

LED is too hard to read cant see it during the day. Settings are set to the brightest colors brightness contrast still cant see it. I really should return it.

Its good

This is a nice radio, it talks well even without tweaking. Power output is close to legal output, 3.8 watts deadkey on AM, right at 12 for SSB. The NB and ANL are effective and the scan function in conjunction with the memory channels is a nice plus. The case size is about ¼ bigger then DIN top and bottom but I was able to fit it into a DIN pocket with an awful lot of modifications (Key word being awful). As another reviewer wrote, I wish they did make it DIN size, its so close I sure they could have. I did find two faults, the most important one being that the SWR meter is inaccurate. Anything below 3:1 reads as 1:1 on the radio. The meter is only good to tell you if your antenna has fallen off, not good enough to tune it. The other problem is that the display washes out in sunlight, regardless of what setting you use. All in all, Im happy with this radio and think the price/value ratio is high. I hope Uniden keeps them coming.