Hi All,
Just wanted to get your (expert!) opinions on which scanner antennas you feel are the best for handheld and vehicle use.
Thanks in advance
HPS
Best Scanner Antenna?
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At home, I have the SCBase by mobile one, and on my car I just have a stainless steel UHF aerial which was about $20 from Strathfield Midland, I did get a bigger one from Mobile one which is meant for scanning, unfortuneatly my car looks funny enough with 2 UHF aerials sticking out the back on magnetic mounts never mind having an overly tall one! Oh and it got knocked off when I reversed into the garage! Pity you don't get nudge bars for Hyundai Getz otherwise I'd mount them on that!
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Re: Best Scanner Antenna?
The technical answer is that the best antenna for your scanner is the one which is resonant in the bands you listen to. Don't listen to anything but UHF (400-500Mhz?) then you probably don't need an antenna that goes all the way down to 25Mhz. Conversely, If you listen to the firies on 79Mhz then you obviously can't use just a UHF antenna.HPS wrote: Just wanted to get your (expert!) opinions on which scanner antennas you feel are the best for handheld and vehicle use.
Most antennas for handheld use are, quite honestly, rubbish. At home, get a good outdoor base antenna such as a scantenna (or dedicated UHF, or VHF...) and stick it up in the air as high as you can.
On your car it's a little easier, but the antennas designed to cover down to 25-30Mhz are larger so you'll have to consider that if it's worth having a smaller antenna that covers more of the bands you're interested in.
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