WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

i am thinking about getting a big scanner ariel from dse and i am wondering if anyone can give me some examples of before and after?,ie. what areas of perth do they live in and what was the furtheriest location that they have heard both on a general scanner antenna and with an out door antenna for ex. police and fesa

see my post called must have metal antenna,

JG-103 wrote:see my post called must have metal antenna,

All antennas are metal, the main differences are in size, height and type.

A base station scanner antenna (has to be a base station one if it's going on a house roof, most antennas are meant to be bolted to a flat piece of metal, like a car roof) even on top of your TV antenna mast will increase the range of signals you'll be able to receive.

I'd say from most suburbs you should be able to recveive at least one channel on every police district in Perth with a decent outdoor antenna.

This is the antenna I used at my parents house for years. It's not all that high but it made all the difference!



And after I got my ham radio license, the foxtel dish provided a very nice place to put another antenna

What i meant by metal was a pure metal antenna, no rubber covering on it, from my results, metal does better than the rubber antenna, maybe cause the rubber can prevent some of the weaker frequencies or something, do you know ?

JG-103 wrote:What i meant by metal was a pure metal antenna, no rubber covering on it, from my results, metal does better than the rubber antenna, maybe cause the rubber can prevent some of the weaker frequencies or something, do you know ?

Nah. Not really. As I said the standard antennas that most scanners come with are unbelievably poor

Spewin , so what can we do about it, buy a antenna as long and thick as possible? JG103

JG-103 wrote:Spewin , so what can we do about it, buy a antenna as long and thick as possible? JG103

Outdoor base scanner antenna. There's no substitute

Gav, i have a uniden 57xlt and it only has a screw in type antenna jack and i havent seen any that dont hav a BNC type jack. So what can i do about getting a better antenna other than to sell my scanner and buy one with a BNC jack ???? Really appreciate it if you can help me

JG103

JG-103 wrote:Gav, i have a uniden 57xlt and it only has a screw in type antenna jack and i havent seen any that dont hav a BNC type jack. So what can i do about getting a better antenna other than to sell my scanner and buy one with a BNC jack ???? Really appreciate it if you can help me

JG103

Check the manual. Does it look like a BNC but screws in instead of 'twists'? If so, it's probably a TNC connector and adapaters are available.

in the manuel it just says screw in type, thats all. I was thinkin of gettin a 5/16" male piece, that way i can screw one end into my scanner and the other into the female end of a base antenna

http://www.benelec.com.au/ant_mount_har ... daptor.htm

part 02787A is the one im lookin at but dont know the price

JG-103 wrote:in the manuel it just says screw in type, thats all. I was thinkin of gettin a 5/16" male piece, that way i can screw one end into my scanner and the other into the female end of a base antenna

Don't suppose you can take a photo of it?

vk6hgr wrote:

JG-103 wrote:in the manuel it just says screw in type, thats all. I was thinkin of gettin a 5/16" male piece, that way i can screw one end into my scanner and the other into the female end of a base antenna

Don't suppose you can take a photo of it?

I did a bit of a Google on the UBC57 to see if there was anything about the antenna. Couldn't find anything after a very quick look.

JG103 - do they look anything like these?

I cant right now, ill ask chris cause me and him are best mates and he has access to a digital camera, i think 5/16" is too big If only i knew the size, in the end i think its just going to be easier just buying a scanner with a NBC antenna jack!!! Spewin JG103

nope, my antenna metal piece has a thread and threads into the antenna jack hole