car mount scanner antenna.

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Hi, I have been looking at getting a car mount antenna for my MVT-7100. Would it make that much diffrence as i read that the telescopic one on the scanner is supposed to be good anyway. would i be better putting the money towards a antenna for home?

Subject: Re: car mount scanner antenna. 2009-08-16, 05:31

Definitely worth buying a mag mount aerial for the car roof, coupled with one of those cassette gizmos to play through the car speakers - luxury!

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Hillwalker wrote:: Definitely worth buying a mag mount aerial for the car roof, coupled with one of those cassette gizmos to play through the car speakers - luxury!

Agreed, you can crank up the volume as well!!!!! Cheers

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chrissytd5 wrote:: Hi, I have been looking at getting a car mount antenna for my MVT-7100. Would it make that much diffrence as i read that the telescopic one on the scanner is supposed to be good anyway. would i be better putting the money towards a antenna for home?

How much difference is not quantifiable without exact information. Sticking the telescopic outside the car will result in better reception....using an extension coax with a BNC magmout on the car roof and your current telescopic is likely to be as good as a dedicated 'airband' magmount.

Aerials don't generally work well inside metal boxes!

Subject: Re: car mount scanner antenna. 2009-08-16, 11:57

Depending on what ranges you're intersted in receiving, you might like to take look at this one which covers 25-2000MHz:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29733

I have one myself, and it works fantastic indoors or on the car!!

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Hi
I would endorse Claydon_dan. I bought mine from Maplin & it works well.
Regards

Bill

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i have had a go at making a antenna today with not much success Whistle

. The one from maplins will kill two birds with one stone. Might get it next weekend.

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What went wrong with your home made one? What sort of design were you using? Are there any shops selling taxi/pmr kit in Jug? Probably find a cheaper PMR magmount than the pincushion from Maplin...and it will look better/perform better than the pincushion on your car.

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claydon_dan wrote:: Depending on what ranges you're intersted in receiving, you might like to take look at this one which covers 25-2000MHz:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29733

I have one myself, and it works fantastic indoors or on the car!!

Hi - first post on this forum but just wanted to say I bought this aerial on Saturday and tried it out tonight for the first time. It really is fantastic and I got a massively improved reception on my Bearcat.

Stu

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sounds like a bargain, thanks for the info. The aerial i made was like the one in the 'sticky section above. Just some split coax and a pole. In all fairness it did work ok but the standard aerial was slightly better. I dont know if the cable has to be a perticular type. (i just bought the cheapest Unsure/Confused

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chrissytd5 wrote:: sounds like a bargain, thanks for the info. The aerial i made was like the one in the 'sticky section above. Just some split coax and a pole. In all fairness it did work ok but the standard aerial was slightly better. I dont know if the cable has to be a perticular type. (i just bought the cheapest )

In terms of the aerial part the type of coax doesn't really matter too much...in terms of the part between the aerial and the scanner then it does make a difference. If the run is fairly short then something like URM67 will do...if it's long then a lower loss coax is desirable.

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