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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:13 pm
by Zebedee
Right... Well at least we now know what the antenna connection
isn't 
I wonder if it's some weird proprietary thing that Uniden have suddenly decided would be a clever idea ...
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:19 pm
by vk6hgr
JG-103 wrote:nope, my antenna metal piece has a thread and threads into the antenna jack hole
Is it like this? This is from a Motorola commercial handheld.
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:35 pm
by chrissss
yep......pretty much
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:42 pm
by vk6hgr
chrissss wrote:yep......pretty much
Hmm. Unless they sell an adapter you're pretty much stuck with the stock rubber duckie then
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:56 pm
by chrissss
nooooooooooooooooooo
thats ok its good for a portable and wat i use it for ..................fire brigade
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:42 am
by JG-103
Yeah, thats what im lookin for, if only i could find out what size thread it is! JG103
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:46 am
by Philaig12
Hey guys,
im new to scanners and i need a bit of help!! I live in the bush (in baldivis) and my house has a tin roof so i hardly get any signal for my scanner. So i was wondering if there was any way i could get better signal such as using a tv antenna or something??
Or, if not, then where could i get an aerial, and how much will it cost, etc.??
Thanks,
Phil
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:53 pm
by JG-103
Dont worry, i made the adaptor and aint stuck wit it no more
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:56 pm
by JG-103
Hey fill, you can use ur tv antenna but the best thing u can do is get and antenna as high as possible to get over the trees and stuff. Iv got a tin roof and it makes no difference, iv also used my tin roof as an antenna!!! But yeah, dont know how much ur looking at, but my bandspanner set me back $30 bucks and then u got to by the base and all the rest of it...
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:42 pm
by Pty
the above screw-in plug on the motorola is similar or the same as GME uhf cb handhelds. Most comms specialist places can source the appropriate adapter. I have an Icom IC40s UHF handheld and it has an even more ellaborate screw-in plug with inner AND outer threads and there's an adapter available for about $50 from my local communications place to convert it to BNC. (not dick smiths)
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:43 pm
by vk6hgr
Pty wrote:there's an adapter available for about $50 from my local communications place to convert it to BNC. (not dick smiths)
$50? Ouuuuch!!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:32 am
by JG-103
Mine only set me back $3.50 at most and it works like a charm
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:24 am
by Always RX
I found an old Icom fitting/adapter in my drawer that screws in there, well the threads were......almost the same...and with some good australian bush mechanics the threads are now the same...so maybe look for an Icom screw to BNC fitting.