just bought

[kamikaze1]

well fellow scanners i just bought a 20-176 at radio shack Outdoor VHF-Hi/UHF Scanner Antenna - RadioShack.com

i have it indoors on a mic stand and im picking up freq. 50+miles away railroad comes in loud and clear
also DNR and forestry gonna try airports and ham radios later tonite

so far i give it 9 out of 10 get one it will help with reception

 

[TigerScan2000]

Congrats on the Antenna

I had one of the "Expensive" discones from Radio Shack about 10 years ago. It worked great for all the old analog UHF / VHF Freqs. No longer have it or I would give it a try with my PRO106 on the 800mhz range.

Let me know how it works out on the 800 Trunking bands if you listen to those.

You should be able to get Greenwood Airport Easy. You may how some problems getting the "Tower" side of anything from GSP or Greenville Downtown. However, you may be able to get both sides on 135.350 Atlanta ATC. The repeater is in Owing, SC.

Also, what are the freqs your picking up DNR and Foresty on

Keep me posted.

Thanks,
Tiger Scan

 

[kamikaze1]

yes i do pick up gwd airport and greenville if its not cloudy i dunno why when its cloud my range decreases i dont know if thats really the case and for dnr and forestry

DNR
151.460
151.295
151.445
151.400
151.415
151.430
151.160
151.370
151.325
FORESTRY
159.225
159.255
159.315
159.330
159.345
159.375
159.405
159.300



these are the only active channels i can pick up all the others i dont here any communications on
151.445 and 159.3000 picks up air 1-2-3-4-5 when there looking for drugs fires illegal hunting and fishing


as for atlanta i havent tryed for them yet im give it a go here in a bit maybe i will i can pick up trains and dispatch in fla and atl and sum in nc

try this with ruber duckie and u wont get 10miles haha


+ i have noticed my cpu is messing with freqencies if its off i can get more squelch
to pick up a wider band

my scanners dont pick up trunk freq. but a buddy has one that will ill call him over to test it on on his

 

[brian]

That antenna is nicknamed "Sputnik" by some members of the board because of its odd appearance and resemblance to the first satellite launched by Russia. I've used one, and it performs really quite well on VHF and UHF. It's light and low-profile so it's easy to install, and best of all it's cheap, relatively speaking. But it's not especially rugged and it doesn't have much gain, however. Its orientation is above the horizon, so it's great for air monitoring. I was not pleased at all with its performance on 800, but it should be able to monitor nearby Palmetto 800 sites. I replaced it in lieu of a gain antenna for VHF and UHF (actually a mobile dual-bad whip on a NMO base adapter).

 

[kamikaze1]

nice you got a link of the antenna?