OK, before i get howled down for asking a stupid question, i know this will sound unorthodox. I know there are better ways to achieve a better result, but all i am after here is some personal opinions as to whether the idea i have is feasable. So with that in mind, here goes nothing .
If i was to connect my hand held scanner to a standard roof mounted television antenna (via a wall mounted N-type connector to the scanner's BNC antenna in), could i expect to get any better reception indoors than with the supplied small whip antenna
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No onion, no garlic, no chilli, no pepper... NO POINT!!
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No onion, no garlic, no chilli, no pepper... NO POINT!!
Plus the tv antenna is horizontally polarised. The signals you are after are vertically polarised. There will be significant signal attenuation because of this difference as well as the fact it will be pointing in the wrong direction. Most properly installed TV antennae cover 45mHz through to nearly 860mHz(Channel 0 through to Ch 68). If you were to mount one vertically (turn on it's side) and fit a rotator you would find you have a good long distance antenna.The fact it is 75 ohms will have little effect on the performance as you only receiving. This will be something to think about in the future when the Metro network closes you will still be able to listen to the Major country networks.
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