"tg" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking round
for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform up to 3GHz. I
would rather spend extra for a professional level antenna than go for a
cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good but I'd appreciate any tips
before I start shelling out money. I'm currently scanning with a D130
discone which works well but it only goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any
advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R


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"tg" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking
round for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform up
to 3GHz. I would rather spend extra for a professional level
antenna than go for a cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good but
I'd appreciate any tips before I start shelling out money. I'm
currently scanning with a D130 discone which works well but it only
goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above
400Mhz
R

hey thanks for your really positive and constructive comments Rog. I
didn't ask for advice about what's available in the upper spectrum, I
know what the score is there so let me worry about that. With an
attitude like yours maybe you should just stick to your transistor
radio.

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"tg" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking round
for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform up to 3GHz. I
would rather spend extra for a professional level antenna than go for a
cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good but I'd appreciate any tips
before I start shelling out money. I'm currently scanning with a D130
discone which works well but it only goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any
advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R

hey thanks for your really positive and constructive comments Rog. I
didn't ask for advice about what's available in the upper spectrum, I know
what the score is there so let me worry about that. With an attitude like
yours maybe you should just stick to your transistor radio.

you would hear a HELL of a lot more on a transistor radio that you would up
in the 3GHz your waffling on about,
R


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Rog wrote:
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"tg" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking round
for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform up to 3GHz. I
would rather spend extra for a professional level antenna than go for a
cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good but I'd appreciate any tips
before I start shelling out money. I'm currently scanning with a D130
discone which works well but it only goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any
advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R
hey thanks for your really positive and constructive comments Rog. I
didn't ask for advice about what's available in the upper spectrum, I know
what the score is there so let me worry about that. With an attitude like
yours maybe you should just stick to your transistor radio.

you would hear a HELL of a lot more on a transistor radio that you would up
in the 3GHz your waffling on about,
R


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I am in agreement with most of the posters who advise that there is very
little voice traffic at these frequencies, however if you want to play
around tracking the various signals etc that are kicking around up there
(and why not, this hobby is different for everyone!) theres a lot of fun
to be had up at these frequencies using a homemade parabolic antenna on
a fishing pole. Search google for homebrew, parabolic and, of all
things, wok! Most of the pages that you'll turn up concern wifi however
the antennas that are shown can be easily modified. Also search on the
pringle can antenna.

Good luck and, despite the whingers, have fun with your hobby.

Timfy

"Rog" wrote in message
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you would hear a HELL of a lot more on a transistor radio that you
would up in the 3GHz your waffling on about,
R

ok Rog, you stick to your transistor radio and I'll do what I wanna
do.

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You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R

There's lots above 400MHz worth listening to, 400 to 470 MHz
you have shopwatch, pubwatch, traffic wardens, rail station staff,
tube station staff, hospital staff, airport ground services, TV studio talk
back,
and all sorts of users on 446MHz PMR, etc.

1297MHz you have Amateur radio NBFM beacon/voice repeaters

Steve Terry

I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking round for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform
up to 3GHz. I would rather spend extra for a professional level antenna than go for a cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good
but I'd appreciate any tips before I start shelling out money. I'm currently scanning with a D130 discone which works well but it
only goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R

There's alot around 400-500 as steve terry said in his reply,
and around 800-1000 there's alot of analogue repeaters,
shortrange stereo wireless/headphone, and cordless phones.

I could also comment on the antenna question,
personally I mainly use the Dressler ARA-2000 active antenna
but a good discone with a low noise preamp would be just as fine.

Preamps are usually required on high frequencies due to signal loss
in the cable, so to overcome the noise you'd use a preamp.
(well, technically you use a line-amp. to overcome the cable loss
and low noise preamp to increase sensitivity)
I'd go with active antennas for any UHF reception.

1GHz (microwave) you mainly use directive antennas,
dish and/or horn or yagi is most common and very effective,
though very narrow band, you won't find anything to cover
1-3GHz, you'd probably not have more than 0.1GHz span
using a helix so you'll need an antenna for every purpose.....

//Greg

(excuse me for improper pronunciation and/or formulation,
I'm not from UK, I'm swedish

"Greg" wrote in message
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I could also comment on the antenna question,
personally I mainly use the Dressler ARA-2000 active antenna
but a good discone with a low noise preamp would be just as fine.

thanks for your feedback Greg but I see the ARA-2000 only goes up to
2G and the scanner I'm intending to use goes to 3G and I want to be
able to utilise the full range of the scanner.

On Feb 26, 11:49 am, "Greg" wrote:
I'm a newbie upgrading to a 3GHz scanning system so I'm no looking round for recommedations and feedback on antennas that perform
up to 3GHz. I would rather spend extra for a professional level antenna than go for a cheaper option. The AOR DA5000 looks good
but I'd appreciate any tips before I start shelling out money. I'm currently scanning with a D130 discone which works well but it
only goes up to 1300MHz. Thanks for any advice.

You will be lucky if you pick up ANYTHING worth listening to above 400Mhz
R

There's alot around 400-500 as steve terry said in his reply,
and around 800-1000 there's alot of analogue repeaters,
shortrange stereo wireless/headphone, and cordless phones

Also there are point-to-point links above 1000MHz, used between base
stations and hilltop radio sites. You can spot these on masts by the
horizontal plastic tubes pointing outwards, these contain a long Yagi.
The small elements for these wavelengths are more affected by wind &
rain, hence the protective tube.

AFAIK these carry plain FM voice if it's a single-channel link, multi-
channels using subcarriers also exist.