Stringer619
News Photojournalist
I am looking to create an 8-scanner dispatch center (news media) in our office. For the last five years I've had a bunch of scanners with two cheap Radio Shack discone antennas and tee splitters. It works, but I know I could do better. And I'm skeptical if it would work with all 8 scanners using tees.
7 scanners monitor 800MHz, 1 scanner monitors 39/151MHz. Of the 7 800MHz scanners, 5 of them monitor 2 strong systems and 2 of them monitor a distant system that comes in a little scratchy but it's tolerable. Thats why I'm thinking a directional antenna would be ideal for the distant system.
39/151 MHz Antenna --> 1 Scanner
800MHz Antenna --> Stridsburg MCA208M --> 5 Scanners
800MHz Directional Antenna --> Stridsburg MCA204M --> 2 Scanners
I'm pretty confident that the Stridsburg active multi couplers are what I'm looking for, although I'm open to ideas. What I'm still unsure on is the coax and the antennas. They will be mounted on a 60ft long x 25ft wide metal roof with a run of about 30-50 feet per antenna. I want the best coax but not so stiff that I can't work with it, and it must be able to be terminated to BNC.. I strongly dislike using adapters. I like to buy the right stuff once.. I don't want to have to replace it because I bought cheap coax. But I've also seen some pictures of some beefy looking coax that looks no fun.
What coax and antennas would you suggest given these factors?
7 scanners monitor 800MHz, 1 scanner monitors 39/151MHz. Of the 7 800MHz scanners, 5 of them monitor 2 strong systems and 2 of them monitor a distant system that comes in a little scratchy but it's tolerable. Thats why I'm thinking a directional antenna would be ideal for the distant system.
39/151 MHz Antenna --> 1 Scanner
800MHz Antenna --> Stridsburg MCA208M --> 5 Scanners
800MHz Directional Antenna --> Stridsburg MCA204M --> 2 Scanners
I'm pretty confident that the Stridsburg active multi couplers are what I'm looking for, although I'm open to ideas. What I'm still unsure on is the coax and the antennas. They will be mounted on a 60ft long x 25ft wide metal roof with a run of about 30-50 feet per antenna. I want the best coax but not so stiff that I can't work with it, and it must be able to be terminated to BNC.. I strongly dislike using adapters. I like to buy the right stuff once.. I don't want to have to replace it because I bought cheap coax. But I've also seen some pictures of some beefy looking coax that looks no fun.
What coax and antennas would you suggest given these factors?