Good Antenna For The Car

[jaskel]

Im looking for a good all round antenna to use on my car with my 996 scanner... I want to keep it under 1 mtr if possible

How about a triband ham antenna?? or will a dedicated scanner antenna be better??

At the moment I use a 7500 SS 6.5db unit for my icom....does an ok job..is there better?

Cheers

Jas

[bodyguard]

guess depends on what freq range, I use 2m/70cm on mine, I am not dxing on the vhf/uhf so all is good

[jaskel]

mainly GRN so 415-420mhz and also airband...

[bodyguard]

mainly GRN so 415-420mhz and also airband...

I would go for a dual band 144/440mhz and they aren't very long

[jaskel]

I ended uo getting a Rh700 from ANdrews at Ham/Spam fest...20 buks and cant complain!

[bodyguard]

good stuff man

[Azoic]

You may not believe this but try it and see.......take a 3 inch coax from feed socket on the back of the scanner, and run a wire from the dialectric to the chassis. Run the braid to the battery via wire or into another earth line back to the battery...DO NOT CONNECT IT TO CHASSIS EARTH. Mount a wire on the highest point you can find, on BOTH sides of your car..be it boot lip. or roof gutter, but make them the same height, 3 inches or so is best. Solder a 4 foot length of co-ax onto the CENTRE dialectric of the feed line and attach the braid ONLY to the chassis of the car....

Your car is now an antenna....bigger the car BIGGER the gain...


My commodore wagon is about 11 Db in gain.......and NO-ONE knows im even listening

[AIRMAN]

This manufacturer has a good range of mobile antennas. This one is great for UHF/VHF scanning:

http://www.zcg.com.au/mobile-vhf-and-uh ... tennas.htm

[Scannersplitterguy]

You may not believe this but try it and see.......take a 3 inch coax from feed socket on the back of the scanner, and run a wire from the dialectric to the chassis. Run the braid to the battery via wire or into another earth line back to the battery...DO NOT CONNECT IT TO CHASSIS EARTH. Mount a wire on the highest point you can find, on BOTH sides of your car..be it boot lip. or roof gutter, but make them the same height, 3 inches or so is best. Solder a 4 foot length of co-ax onto the CENTRE dialectric of the feed line and attach the braid ONLY to the chassis of the car....

Your car is now an antenna....bigger the car BIGGER the gain...


My commodore wagon is about 11 Db in gain.......and NO-ONE knows im even listening

Can you take a photo or draw a pic and upload it? Sounds interesting....

[rochedalescan]

RFI make decent and small sized antenna's which are perfect for scanning ! I have a few of their CD51 Antenna's and can't fault them.

[jaskel]

Azoic now that sounds interesting...id also like perhaps a photo or diagram and ill try this, i have a Territory so should make for good gain.

RFI sounds good too, who is the best to buy them from?

[rochedalescan]

Jason, Prestige sell a little bit of RFI stuff http://www.prestigecom.net.au/index.php ... rvstk7h8p3

[jaskel]

ok im now after a new antenna for the car, i have a dual bander for my Icom 208 and need a good antenna for the 396 in the car, I hav a std 5/8 base mounted off the front 1/4 and bonnet area and need to fit a good antenna to it.

I will mainly listen to airband and NSW P25 GRN, what do you guys suggest, I dont mind paying good coin but I want a good antenna!

thanks

[FirstOnScene]

We run these on our cars with the 996 work a treat http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MOBILE-SCANN ... 2eb83eb96e

[jaskel]

yeah i used to have those but i just dont get the range i need being out in Penrith area, looking for an external job on a l bracket screw mount.

[jaskel]

I ended up getting diamond NR-770HB antenna from Andrews coms, man this antenna kicks butt! works really well!

thanks for all your help guys.