jlo
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anyone have any suggestions on what is the best antenna that has the greatest distance.
i'm looking to get something for home.
thx j
i'm looking to get something for home.
thx j
Anyone have any suggestions on what is the best antenna that has the greatest distance. I'm looking to get something for home.
thx j
anyone have any suggestions on what is the best antenna that has the greatest distance.
i'm looking to get something for home.
thx j
i have a direct tv hd receiver in my home but i use a scantenna outdoor antenna for my scanner.can you actually run coax from the back off the receiver to the scanner an pick stuff up?Without additional information, it's impossible to give you a useful answer. "Best" is pretty subjective. What's best for my situation may be "worst" for yours. By providing specifics on what you're trying to accomplish (such as frequencies, interior or exterior antenna, tower size, etc.) our answers will be more useful than the one below.
Since you're asking about greatest distance and "home" use, a satelite dish may be the best answer. They normally are allowed in most homes and generally work well for signals from about 22,000 miles away.
acepilot340 said:Why would anyone, other than a highly experienced HAM operator, be looking for antennas that can pull in transmissions hundreds of miles away. I am not a HAM fan, but I understand the importance of being able to transmit long distances in emergency situations when all other communications are jammed.
As for myself, I mainly monitor the local county sheriff and fire because when something crazy happens like a fire or severe weather in my area its very interesting to know whats happening around the town. Just last spring the county SOG (SWAT) was at a standoff just down the block from me, it was the most interesting radio traffic I ever heard live, and it was happening in my own neighborhood. I just don't see the point of listening to public safety transmissions from hundreds of miles away where its just meaningless irrelevant radio traffic.
So If you are like me and have a portable scanner, the Radioshack $20 800mhz antenna will get the job done just fine.
n4yek said:Depends on how much wind resistance it has when you throw it. :lol: sorry, just a small joke.