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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
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. |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"tg" wrote in message ... 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 I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"Rog" wrote in message ... "tg" wrote in message ... 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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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"tg" wrote in message ... "Rog" wrote in message ... "tg" wrote in message ... 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 I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
Rog wrote:
"tg" wrote in message ... "Rog" wrote in message ... "tg" wrote in message ... 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 I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html 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 |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"Rog" wrote in message ... 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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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"Rog" wrote in message ... "tg" wrote in message ... snip 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 |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
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. |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
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 |
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req antenna recommedations - up to 3GHz
"Greg" wrote in message ... 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. |
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