I was trying to monitor a sheriff frequency about 60 miles away and wasn't receiving it so well - was cutting in and out on my 996xt. So I decided to monitor it at the same time on my 346xt. What surprised me was that both radios didn't receive the same parts of the transmissions. They would both cut in and out at different times. I was then able to better copy more fully what was being said. Both radios are using 2m whip antennas and are about 15 feet apart. Looking into this a bit further, I found this interesting post from Exsmokey here:
http://forums.radioreference.com/ge...uestion-ppl-multiple-scanners.html#post586921
My question is this - is there some magical number of scanners (handheld) that could be used with different spacing or antenna orientation (I have noticed some fringe frequencies come in better with the radio and antenna horizontal rather than vertical and pointed in different directions) that could be used to successfully monitor frequencies on the fringe? I'm primarily interested in the 150MHz range and also some 450MHz.
Muskratt
http://forums.radioreference.com/ge...uestion-ppl-multiple-scanners.html#post586921
My question is this - is there some magical number of scanners (handheld) that could be used with different spacing or antenna orientation (I have noticed some fringe frequencies come in better with the radio and antenna horizontal rather than vertical and pointed in different directions) that could be used to successfully monitor frequencies on the fringe? I'm primarily interested in the 150MHz range and also some 450MHz.
Muskratt