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whats the right aerial

Post by Wish I had coils »

Don't know if this is the right place to ask? But !!!!!!! Does any one know what type of aerial i should run on my patrol so a can run my hand held scanner, Will a normal uhf aerial work fine?
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Post by familybus »

a normal uhf arial will be spot on dude! ;)
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Post by pongo »

familybus wrote:a normal uhf arial will be spot on dude! ;)
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Post by 84ZOOKSTA »

It all depends on what you want to scan. VHF, UHF, HF Etc as an antenna is only efficent in a certain band.

Work out what you want to scan and if you wand to scan the whole band, get yourself a wide band scanning antenna.

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Post by Wish I had coils »

Yeah Cheers, I just want to listen to cops, ambo's, fire , taxis and fast food joints for i laugh ;)
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Post by festy »

Most of those are in the 400-500MHz range, so a UHF CB antenna should be fine. Don't get a really high gain one, as they have a much narrower bandwidth.
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Post by topend-yobbo »

Can't listen to the police anymore anyway as they are all digital now.
If you can , can you please let me know what scanner you have purchased.
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Wish I had coils wrote:Yeah Cheers, I just want to listen to cops, ambo's, fire , taxis and fast food joints for i laugh ;)
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Post by Nev62 »

topend-yobbo wrote:Can't listen to the police anymore anyway as they are all digital now.
If you can , can you please let me know what scanner you have purchased.
Should be able to with a digital scanner as the transmissions are not encoded but they are not cheap and even then may be hit and miss.
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