Best Base Scanner Antenna for 25 to 1300 MHZ
 

Any suggestions, I had an older Radio Shack base Antenna, Ice storm crashed
it.

"Railroader" wrote in message
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Any suggestions, I had an older Radio Shack base Antenna, Ice storm
crashed
it.

Portable - Radio Shack Pro-95.
Base model - Uniden BC780XLT.

In article XFT%b.23408$A12.4188@edtnps84, "Paul Keenleyside"=20
bcpl8sremovethis says...
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"Railroader" wrote in message
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Any suggestions, I had an older Radio Shack base Antenna, Ice storm
crashed
it.
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Portable - Radio Shack Pro-95.
Base model - Uniden BC780XLT.

=09He was asking about an antenna not a radio.

=09For that wide a range of frequencies I would recommend a discone.=20
Diamond makes a nice sturdy one, but it needs a type "N" connector at=20
the base of the antenna. They ("N" connectors) are a pain to assemble=20
(to this inept technician, at any rate). Beyond that, the Diamond=20
discone isn't cheap. There will be others who suggest that it is a poor=20
choice (no gain) but discones have worked satisfactorily for me. RS used=20
to sell a "Scantenna" clone that works well enough (flimsy though) - I=20
am using one right now as a matter of fact. They got closed out at about=20
$9.95 a couple years ago. Don't know if there any more around.

Dan

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From Mo-Pac's famous Kirkwood Hill - N 38=B034'53", W 90=B022'32", 680'
"=A1Y tu madre tambien!"

"Lou" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:11:51 GMT, "Paul Keenleyside" bcpl8sremovethis
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"Railroader" wrote in message
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Any suggestions, I had an older Radio Shack base Antenna, Ice storm
crashed
it.

Portable - Radio Shack Pro-95.
Base model - Uniden BC780XLT.




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never mind.

"Railroader" wrote in message
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Any suggestions, I had an older Radio Shack base Antenna, Ice storm
crashed
it.


No antenna will work equally well over such a wide freq range. However,
antennas such as the discone are very good compromises. Little or no gain,
but wide frequency response.

Here's a biconical type antenna I built & used:

http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/bicone.html

Seemed to work a little better than a discone.

--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc