I have a pro 106 mobile and pro 197 base unit. I have a RS 20-176 atop a 10ft. mast with a Scantenna below it running through a two into one catv splitter. I have no trouble on the 800 frequencies as I am close to the towers.I guess my question is will the two antennas work ok in this configuration as I use it mainly the 197 in the house. Any thoughts will be appreciated I'm not too familiar with how exactly antennas work. Thank you and have a nice day.
Antenna question
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Trying to understand your setup? Two scanners two antennas? Or is it two antennas to splitter, one feed coax then split again for the two scanners? I have learned alot by reading the forums about two antennas to one scanner. Basically a bad idea. However one antenna to many scanners with the right splitters or multicouplers works just fine.
I just use the outside antenna on the pro 197. It's two antennas into one scanner . I didn't know about loss in the cable it's rg-6. It's about a 40 foot run of cable. Do you need a lot of seperation between the antennas? I didn't know whether to use both or do away with the smaller antenna. Thank You for your reply.
Use ONE multi band antenna,ONE low loss feedline (rg6 quad shield works very well) to your scanner,or with a good splitter maybe two.
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You can cophase two antennas to a single scanner running 50 ohm coaxial cable to the coupler and specific lengths of 75 ohm coax to each antenna. What this would buy you I don't know and in your situation it probably wouldn't provide any better gain.
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However, do not forget that ANY splitter will reduce the signal level to the radio.
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