Radioshack Mag mount antenna?

scannerman200 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 10:27 AM

On a 2002 Ford Taurus, Where would be the best place to mount my mag mount antenna?

n4yek · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 11:23 AM

Best place: in the middle of your roof.
Second best place, middle of your trunk lid.

izzyj4 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 12:19 PM

Just like n4yek said the roof is the best place. However if you are doing a lot of highway driving or want a "low pro" look, go with puting it on the trunk. I ran the same antenna on a '84 Civic and a '98 Grand Marquis without any problems.

conve36 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 02:56 AM

This antenna is GREAT for monitoring ALL scanner freqs... to a limit of course. When I had this antenna, I used it to monitor my Counties Sheriff's Department. They were on an 800Mhz EDACS trunking system with multiple sites. So basically I could hear them with ANY antenna I attached to my scanner.

What I really wanted was to be able to monitor California Highway Patrol while traveling the local freeways. They use an older VHF-low (39.68Mhz) radio system. It is difficult to hear with rubber duck antennas, making them useless.

I found that Radio Shacks Mag-Mount Scanner antenna worked GREAT for monitoring the VHF-low freqs, as well as anything thing in the UHF band. (And of course 800Mhz).

Also, I found that this antenna actually works well as a dual-band transmit antenna for VHF/UHF on low power (5w).

And if anyone tells you they fall off their car, they need to wash the damn thing before putting it on. This thing didnt move an inch while hitting speeds over 90MPH from San Diego to Los Angeles on the trunk of my convertible BMW.

One more thing, it's always fun to experiment with this antenna by removing elements or adding elements or even cutting a rod for a specific length/frequency.

Hope that helps! Have fun!