dostidilse
Newbie
Hi All,
I am new to the world of scanners and recently got my first one. Before this I was actually listening to online scanners but they had nothing for my country. (fyi, I am from India).
Please read the brief desc first :- (correct me if i am going wrong anywhere)
I have got a Uniden BC75XLT scanner. As this was a cheap and relatively new in there product line so i picked this one. (not sure if i made any mistake, please pour some views on this). Now i am back in india and to start with I want to hear some civil AirBand. So i turned on my scanner did a search, but it found nothing. Then i checked the SQL and turned it down to 00 from 02 (default value, Max value 15). Now when i enter frequency manually i head a loud hiss sound and a very weak ATC communication I can also hear pilot voice but can copy nothing. For ATC voice also it is very hard to copy. BTW ATC is 30 miles from house, i even tried scanning the same frequency when on Terrance (around 6 stories up from ground). Can hear Pilot a litter better and ATC i can copy easily now. But the hiss sound is still around.
Now my question:-
1. Did i choose a wrong scanner?
2. Should i buy an antenna (HT, as i want this unit be with me where ever i travel or drive)?
3. Please suggest antenna (my prime objective is hear AirBand) and other bands too (if i can get good hold signals).
4. I read several founds and was thinking if i can make a booster of some sort. For example. I will make a yagi and place it on my roof top (6 storries above) and then have a feeder cable connected to another piece of antenna down at my home. The idea is that yagi will receive the frequency and then send it to my home antenna. From where it can emmit it back and then my handheld can receive the same using the rubber duck antenna. I know whatever i said above might not be correct, but this is what i thought. Please comment if this doable, if yes then guide me how.
I am very new to radio communication so I might have written something which might be irrelevant; please accept my apologies for that and educate me to correct direction.
I am new to the world of scanners and recently got my first one. Before this I was actually listening to online scanners but they had nothing for my country. (fyi, I am from India).
Please read the brief desc first :- (correct me if i am going wrong anywhere)
I have got a Uniden BC75XLT scanner. As this was a cheap and relatively new in there product line so i picked this one. (not sure if i made any mistake, please pour some views on this). Now i am back in india and to start with I want to hear some civil AirBand. So i turned on my scanner did a search, but it found nothing. Then i checked the SQL and turned it down to 00 from 02 (default value, Max value 15). Now when i enter frequency manually i head a loud hiss sound and a very weak ATC communication I can also hear pilot voice but can copy nothing. For ATC voice also it is very hard to copy. BTW ATC is 30 miles from house, i even tried scanning the same frequency when on Terrance (around 6 stories up from ground). Can hear Pilot a litter better and ATC i can copy easily now. But the hiss sound is still around.
Now my question:-
1. Did i choose a wrong scanner?
2. Should i buy an antenna (HT, as i want this unit be with me where ever i travel or drive)?
3. Please suggest antenna (my prime objective is hear AirBand) and other bands too (if i can get good hold signals).
4. I read several founds and was thinking if i can make a booster of some sort. For example. I will make a yagi and place it on my roof top (6 storries above) and then have a feeder cable connected to another piece of antenna down at my home. The idea is that yagi will receive the frequency and then send it to my home antenna. From where it can emmit it back and then my handheld can receive the same using the rubber duck antenna. I know whatever i said above might not be correct, but this is what i thought. Please comment if this doable, if yes then guide me how.
I am very new to radio communication so I might have written something which might be irrelevant; please accept my apologies for that and educate me to correct direction.