lars128
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I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or opinions on comparing tuned commercial handheld antennas (Larsen, Antenex, Comtelco, etc) vs 144/440 ham antennas for scanning use. I'm asking because I noticed in some of the Strong Signals reviews some of the ham antennas can be a little dead in the 152-160 and 450-470 areas, the areas I'm most interested in. Obviously, a tuned antenna will fix that, but will an antenna tuned for 150 or 460 MHz not pick up other bands well? Are tuned antennas one tick ponies or can they scan more than one band like the ham antennas? If so, does anybody have any good suggestions for what to check out?