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G'day Joe,Mug wrote:Hi
I'm Joe and I'm 15.
I live in Parkwood and have a UBC93XLT. I am currently in search of a good handheld scanner antenna.
Has antenna, I listen to airband, and fesa the most but would use others aswell.Zebedee wrote:G'day Joe,Mug wrote:Hi
I'm Joe and I'm 15.
I live in Parkwood and have a UBC93XLT. I am currently in search of a good handheld scanner antenna.
What sorts of things do you like to listen to - does the scanner already have an antenna and you're looking for one more suited to a particular frequency band, or did you get it antenna-less?
Ah ok - depending on your circumstances, if you can get an antenna upon the roof of your house, you'll probably get better reception than if you just have one of the little antennas that came with your scanner.Mug wrote:Has antenna, I listen to airband, and fesa the most but would use others aswell.
I would be ok with an antenna on the roof but it needs a BNC connnector. I do not whant to mess about with connectors.Zebedee wrote:Ah ok - depending on your circumstances, if you can get an antenna upon the roof of your house, you'll probably get better reception than if you just have one of the little antennas that came with your scanner.Mug wrote:Has antenna, I listen to airband, and fesa the most but would use others aswell.
If that's not possible, then maybe a whip that's tuned for the FESA and air-band frequencies might be another choice.
That is perfect for what I want but the price is bit steep for my circumstances. Oh well, betta put it on the (rapidly growing) christmas list.Tyranus wrote:Mug, I have a SCBASE made by MobileOne on my roof at home, picks everything up really well and has BNC at the end of the cable.
SCBASE Antenna
Alternatively if you have a tin roof pick up a magnetic base with bnc, don't see many of them but I have seen a couple and get a scanning antenna.
The SCBASE I have I bought from Dick Smith.
I have a SCBase antenae 10 ft up on the roof and can get fesa from GinGin to South of Mandurah, east to northam, as well as all Aviation freq , can hear Pearce Center to Jandakot Tower, they great, bought mine from Mobileone. jjTyranus wrote:Mug, I have a SCBASE made by MobileOne on my roof at home, picks everything up really well and has BNC at the end of the cable.
SCBASE Antenna
Alternatively if you have a tin roof pick up a magnetic base with bnc, don't see many of them but I have seen a couple and get a scanning antenna.
The SCBASE I have I bought from Dick Smith.
Would've been channel 6 (Lancelin). 56 is in Pinjarra. They do share the same frequency, just different CTCSS tones.Jonesy wrote:Provided you have a good enough antenna and close enough to a FESA repeater, you should be able to pick up anyone on the repeater network when they have the link switched on, no matter where you are. Its purely a matter of selecting the right channel nearest/ clearest to you at the time.
Like last weekend, I was coming back from up north and 56 was booming in and I could here what was happening in Secret Harbour from as far north as Cataby (60km North of Gingin).
Thanks Fastlane, my mistake lol. Wondered why I was picking up 56 far north and then at home aswell. Did not realise it was the same freq as 6 (should have looked at the sticky lol).Fastlane wrote:Would've been channel 6 (Lancelin). 56 is in Pinjarra. They do share the same frequency, just different CTCSS tones.Jonesy wrote:Provided you have a good enough antenna and close enough to a FESA repeater, you should be able to pick up anyone on the repeater network when they have the link switched on, no matter where you are. Its purely a matter of selecting the right channel nearest/ clearest to you at the time.
Like last weekend, I was coming back from up north and 56 was booming in and I could here what was happening in Secret Harbour from as far north as Cataby (60km North of Gingin).
52 would also be useful up that way...
I can pick up FESA with my scanner supplied antenna but I have to sit on top of a fence. I don't really want to have to do this anymore.Jonesy wrote:Provided you have a good enough antenna and close enough to a FESA repeater, you should be able to pick up anyone on the repeater network when they have the link switched on, no matter where you are. Its purely a matter of selecting the right channel nearest/ clearest to you at the time.
Like last weekend, I was coming back from up north and 56 was booming in and I could here what was happening in Secret Harbour from as far north as Cataby (60km North of Gingin).
A quick and dirty solution is to buy a mag base or one of those spring clip bases with 10' of cable and stick it to the roof gutter with the cable through the window. One of those cheapie stainless steel whips will do. Even and old HF CB antenna.Mug wrote:I can pick up FESA with my scanner supplied antenna but I have to sit on top of a fence. I don't really want to have to do this anymore.
Belling Lee (IEC 162-2) not N type but anyway... TV antenna worked for me as well as a starter. It would work a lot better if the antenna was rotated 90° so the elements are up and down. Not so good for TVauntys_eyes wrote:I have a modified coax cable that goes from the BNC antenna connector on my hand held to an 'N' type TV antenna connector, plugged in to the TV antenna socket in the wall. Completely un-orthodox i know, but works fine for 6AR/6IP and 6DS
