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Old 08-20-2008, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by carolinatoughguy View Post
So I should consider something like an Austin Condor or one of the extendable antennas from Radio Shack? I have a hard time believing the antenna would be the issue since the stock 8" antenna is pulling in the signal on the VHF radio so well....
Band specific radios will always outperform a widebanded radio as mentioned above. Audio on scanners has always been a sore point with those of us that use them. By the way, the PD, FD, and other systems you want to listen to are on the VA STARS P-25 digital system. You will need one of the newer digital scanners to listen to those frequencies. For any of my VHF listening, I use a Yaesu VX-170 2m HT, my IC-2720, or by Yaesu FT-1500. Big difference in receive and audio than a scanner.
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