Antenna Problems (How can I resolve?)

[FireFighter12105]

I'm currently using the outdoor scanner/ham discone from radio shack... http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103160

I lost some radials off of it last winter during one of the ice storms and radio shack cant seem to get me new ones.

I'm at about 50ft with it but I'm still having reception problems no matter what I do. I switched coax over to P25 I think it was which still didnt solve my problems. Do I need to get the antenna higher or will that not help the problem?

I'm only looking to get from 150mhz to 156mhz out of it to monitor my local fire department. Also is there any antennas out there that do narrow band and how pricey are they?

 

[kb9hgi]

I have one of these antenna's and works good comes with coax and for 30.00 what a deal.
http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?prod=AC-ST2

 

[rescue128]

http://www.grove-ent.com/ANT9.html

That antenna with some decent coax will fix all of your problems, narrowband has nothing to do with the antenna, you just need to worry about frequency.

 

[LordJ]

Sounds like a RS 20-176 is in order....
http://www.strongsignals.net/access/reviews/reviews.cgi?type=display&rtype=rev&class=ant&num=002

 

[kb2vxa]

Rat Shack isn't known for quality, you may consider replacing it with something a little more weather resistant.

 

[FireFighter12105]

Sounds like a RS 20-176 is in order....
http://www.strongsignals.net/access/reviews/reviews.cgi?type=display&rtype=rev&class=ant&num=002

Had one, was worse then the one I have now. It's in a trash dump somewhere...

 

[jonny290]

Get a Ringo Ranger, tune it properly, and you will have much better luck. Don't get any Scantennas, don't get any discones, don't get any gimmicks. Just a high gain monoband vertical.

If you still can't pull it in, you are going to have to start looking at getting a directional antenna setup.

 

[N_Jay]

Get a Ringo Ranger, tune it properly, and you will have much better luck. Don't get any Scantennas, don't get any discones, don't get any gimmicks. Just a high gain monoband vertical.

If you still can't pull it in, you are going to have to start looking at getting a directional antenna setup.

WOW! Where do you get your wideband-multiband Ringo Rangers?

 

[jonny290]

WOW! Where do you get your wideband-multiband Ringo Rangers?

I'm only looking to get from 150mhz to 156mhz out of it to monitor my local fire department.

unless you're seeing something differently

 

[N_Jay]

unless you're seeing something differently

Yep missed that.

Sorry Charlie :wink: