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Antenna's for a Icom PCR 1000...
I am looking for a better antenna for my Icom PCR1000. Anyone have an
idea where I can find something better than the stock indoor antenna that Icom ships with the PCR1000? Thanks Charly |
i use an outdoor discone (radio shack) for the upper frequencies. works pretty
good. bob |
CW,
"Very wide range recievers are a challenge, a good compromise is a HF aerial and a Discone for wide VHF/UHF coverage." - - - http://qsy.to/pcr/ant.html Therefore consider using two Antennas to get the most out of your Icom IC-PCR-1000 Radio-Scanner: 1. A 'basic' MW/SW (HF) Random Wire Antenna for 500 kHz to 30 MHz - - - "Low Noise SWL Antenna" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...enna/message/2 2. A 'specilized' VHF and UHF Antenna for everything above 25 MHz * Scanner Antenna Information (Scanner Tips) by KU4ZD http://miked2000.home.mindspring.com/scannertips1.htm * Here is a good read on the Antenna "Needs" of the Icom PCR-1000. http://www.webdeals.net/pcr1000.htm - - - "A couple of good friends talked me into buying a new scanner antenna for VHF and UHF and let me say, I wish I would have done it long ago! The Channel Master CM #5094 scanner antenna makes the Radio Shack discone look bad. First of all, there is no single antenna that will cover every band the best, but this antenna has been the closest thing so far. My discone was great for everything above 100MHz but it was very bad below 100mhz. The Channel Master is fantastic from HF all the way to 1GHz." * Icom IC-PCR1000 "Antenna Solution Found!" http://www.johntsmith.com/pcr1000.htm * There is an Icom PCR-1000 eGroup on YAHOO! that you may wish to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/ * Here is a series of "Best Antenna" for the Icom PCR-1000 Messages: "Icom AH7000 Discone" "Scantenna" "Antennacraft ST-2" "ChannelMaster Discone" "RadioShack Discone" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1209 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/643 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/647 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1054 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1216 - - - http://antennacraft-tdp.com/st2.pdf * The AOR SA7000 Antenna (Wide Band 30kHz-2000MHz) http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/...AOR%20Antennas * Nil-Jon Scanner Antennas compared to the Channel Master 5094 Monitenna and the Antenna Craft Scantenna. http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/...ner%20Antennas eHAM reviews of the Icom PCR-1000 http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/429 - - - Many of the reviews have "Antenna" comments. Evaluation of the Icom IC-PCR1000 http://www.anarc.org/wtfda/icpcr1000.htm iane ~ RHF .. A 'copy of this reply will be place on the Message Archives of the "SWL Antennas and AM & FM Antennas" eGroup on YAHOO! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM-FM-Antenna/ .. .. = = = Charly Whitaker wrote in message ... I am looking for a better antenna for my Icom PCR1000. Anyone have an idea where I can find something better than the stock indoor antenna that Icom ships with the PCR1000? Thanks Charly |
I use one of these. It is good for the upper freqs and also prevents any
overloading of the PCR-1000 on the lower freqs. GP "RHF" wrote in message m... CW, Here is another option the "Wideband SWL/Scan Antenna" offered by Scanner-Master. This is a 'combination' SWL and Scanner Antenna that covers 500kHz to 1500MHz, and it measures only 42" (1.07m) high. GoTo= http://www.scannermaster.com/store/13-540457.html iane ~ RHF . A 'copy of this reply will be place on the Message Archives of the "SWL Antennas and AM & FM Antennas" eGroup on YAHOO! - - - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM-FM-Antenna/ . . = = = (RHF) = = = wrote in message . com... CW, "Very wide range recievers are a challenge, a good compromise is a HF aerial and a Discone for wide VHF/UHF coverage." - - - http://qsy.to/pcr/ant.html Therefore consider using two Antennas to get the most out of your Icom IC-PCR-1000 Radio-Scanner: 1. A 'basic' MW/SW (HF) Random Wire Antenna for 500 kHz to 30 MHz - - - "Low Noise SWL Antenna" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...enna/message/2 2. A 'specilized' VHF and UHF Antenna for everything above 25 MHz * Scanner Antenna Information (Scanner Tips) by KU4ZD http://miked2000.home.mindspring.com/scannertips1.htm * Here is a good read on the Antenna "Needs" of the Icom PCR-1000. http://www.webdeals.net/pcr1000.htm - - - "A couple of good friends talked me into buying a new scanner antenna for VHF and UHF and let me say, I wish I would have done it long ago! The Channel Master CM #5094 scanner antenna makes the Radio Shack discone look bad. First of all, there is no single antenna that will cover every band the best, but this antenna has been the closest thing so far. My discone was great for everything above 100MHz but it was very bad below 100mhz. The Channel Master is fantastic from HF all the way to 1GHz." * Icom IC-PCR1000 "Antenna Solution Found!" http://www.johntsmith.com/pcr1000.htm * There is an Icom PCR-1000 eGroup on YAHOO! that you may wish to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/ * Here is a series of "Best Antenna" for the Icom PCR-1000 Messages: "Icom AH7000 Discone" "Scantenna" "Antennacraft ST-2" "ChannelMaster Discone" "RadioShack Discone" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1209 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/643 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/647 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1054 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/message/1216 - - - http://antennacraft-tdp.com/st2.pdf * The AOR SA7000 Antenna (Wide Band 30kHz-2000MHz) http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/...AOR%20Antennas * Nil-Jon Scanner Antennas compared to the Channel Master 5094 Monitenna and the Antenna Craft Scantenna. http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/...ner%20Antennas eHAM reviews of the Icom PCR-1000 http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/429 - - - Many of the reviews have "Antenna" comments. Evaluation of the Icom IC-PCR1000 http://www.anarc.org/wtfda/icpcr1000.htm iane ~ RHF . A 'copy of this reply will be place on the Message Archives of the "SWL Antennas and AM & FM Antennas" eGroup on YAHOO! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM-FM-Antenna/ . . = = = Charly Whitaker wrote in message ... I am looking for a better antenna for my Icom PCR1000. Anyone have an idea where I can find something better than the stock indoor antenna that Icom ships with the PCR1000? Thanks Charly |
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