Last night i stuck my stainless steel pocket knife into where the antenna goes in, i hit the police scan button and whilst having the frequency list in my hand, noticed i was picking up Perth centre 468.6750 and was picking up fremantle beats on channel 26, i kept the scanner in the same position and put my stock antenna back in, nothing on both, just to make sure they hadnt stopped talkin i put back in my knife and yes, they were still talking, so i changed back over and the stock antenna wasnt picking it up, i have never picked up Perth centre and now can with my pocket knife
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. In conclusion, you are better off having a just metal antenna, with non of that rubber like the stock antennas (i presume it acts like a bit of a shield, preventing some of the weaker frequencies or something, maybe vk6 can enlighten us on that), and you will pick up frequencies that you cant with the stock antenna!
The channels came through strong too
If anybody knows where to buy a pure metal antenna, you will benifit everyones scanning abilities.
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