RH771?

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Hodgie
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RH771?

Post by Hodgie »

How much performance increase would i see over a scan ducky?
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Post by robbage »

Is that RH-771 the dual band amateur antenna? If so it's probably no better for scanning than any other antenna of the same length. It's not even particularly good for amateur radio. A 40cm piece of wire would likely be just as good.
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Post by Lino »

I got 2 of the Diamond-RH771 mainley use them to monitor the airbands and the performance is excellent even on othr bands compare to the stock antenna scanners come with

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