Best homemade antenna for handheld?

[Kevintb]

I'm after ideas for a homemade antenna for an Icom IC-R5.
it's setup up as in inside setup with constant power, but i wont to run an antenna outside for better reception.
Waz thinking a wire setup 5-10m long with insulators either end an what not, but waz thinkin of splitting it to a broad frequency fiberglass antenna (not sure what brand but was told it goes from 1000mhz to something like 1000000mhz).
So whats everyone's ideas, pic's would be great an any help.

 

[marksmith]

What are you going to listen to way up there at 1000000 mz?

Mark
WS1095/536/996P2/HP1e/HP2e/996XT/325P2/396XT/PRO668/PSR800/PRO652

 

[Kevintb]

ah nothing, just clarifying that the antenna covers a broad spectrum..... nothing really up there for me.
i'm mostly 70-80 to 400-500mhz is around where i'm at. until i find the local SES frequencies.

 

[fasteddy64]

I like this one.
I have made several versions over the years, but the simple wire version is the most versatile, especially for indoor use.
Making one for outdoor use will give you excellent results.

Homebrewed Off-Center Fed Dipole - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[N8IAA]

I'm after ideas for a homemade antenna for an Icom IC-R5.
it's setup up as in inside setup with constant power, but i wont to run an antenna outside for better reception.
Waz thinking a wire setup 5-10m long with insulators either end an what not, but waz thinkin of splitting it to a broad frequency fiberglass antenna (not sure what brand but was told it goes from 1000mhz to something like 1000000mhz).
So whats everyone's ideas, pic's would be great an any help.

I Wazn't sure that the R-5 received from 1 gigahertz (1000MHz) to 100 gigahertz (1,000,000MHz).
Running an amplified antenna to the R-5 will overload that tiny receiver.
However, the antenna mentioned in Post #2 will work without overloading the receiver too much. It is basically for 30-460MHz and may work in the HF bands.
The R-5 does receive The HF bands, but not the same as a base receiver.
Maybe being more specific about what you want to monitor with the R-5.
I am not a troll, so please accept the advice with a grain of salt. I've been active in ham radio over 30 years, and scanning/HF for over 40 years.
HTH,
Larry

 

[Kevintb]

Sorry mate i meant the fiberglass antenna is very broad spectrum not the R5,
glad to hear about the amplifier thou that helps.
mostly i wont Police RFS Ambo NSW Fire brigade And SES but Its very low in the spectrum.
Around the 70-80000mhz an 400-500000mhz range i think.
Mostly i like just scanning and listening in on whats going on around the local area.

 

[Kevintb]

Post two is sorta what i was looking a but using wire an hanging it outside on mounts on the roof with ceramic insulators either end and splitting it to run the fiberglass antenna on top of the TV antenna pole hopping to cover i'm bases.
Would the two running together cause problems?
The wire one; would the wire length be a issue and would it be better to use insulated wire or bear?

 

[N8IAA]

Sorry mate i meant the fiberglass antenna is very broad spectrum not the R5,
glad to hear about the amplifier thou that helps.
mostly i wont Police RFS Ambo NSW Fire brigade And SES but Its very low in the spectrum.
Around the 70-80000mhz an 400-500000mhz range i think.
Mostly i like just scanning and listening in on whats going on around the local area.

That again would be 70-80MHz, not 70-80GHz. And 400-500MHz, not 400-500GHz.
I believe you are mixing KHz with MHz.
And the OCF antenna will work on both of those frequency sets.
Larry