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whats the right aerial
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:33 pm
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?
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:55 pm
by familybus
a normal uhf arial will be spot on dude!
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:31 pm
by pongo
familybus wrote:a normal uhf arial will be spot on dude!
x2
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:43 pm
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.
Simon
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:07 pm
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
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:01 am
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:40 pm
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:42 pm
by DamTriton
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:16 am
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.
