Omni antenna

[amos1]

Is there a antenna that has some gain and is not directional?? Must cover the entire bands for a scanner?
Am I asking for the impossible??
Thanks

 

[Thayne]

Discone; as long as you are referring to a base antenna, (not Portable)

 

[amos1]

Yes looking for a base antenna that has some gain.

 

[conrad314]

The Austin Ferret

Ferret 8 Band Base Antenna

 

[W6KRU]

Discone; as long as you are referring to a base antenna, (not Portable)

The Austin Ferret

Ferret 8 Band Base Antenna

Neither of those antennas have gain. You are going to have trouble finding an antenna with that much coverage that has gain. IMO

 

[amos1]

I figured I was asking too much. How good are the discone antennas? I have the ST-2 but they don't last long, the winds tear them up.

 

[ka3jjz]

There is a modification you can make to the ST2 to stiffen up the longer elements, which are the most prone to wind damage. It's documented in our wiki (link - in blue - is below).

http://wiki.radioreference.com/images/8/8c/Reinforcescantenna.jpg

However I understand later models are better in resisting this.

73 Mike

 

[radiopro52]

Check out the OmniX antenna in this link:

DPD Productions - Scanner / Radio Antennas for Commercial & Hobbyist Applications

It's omni-directional and has some gain. Many people have purchased it and have been very happy with it.

 

[prcguy]

You can get commercial single band antennas and combine them with a diplexer or triplexer.

For example, you could use a 6dBD gain 4-bay dipole array to cover the entire public service VHF band, a dipole array or Stationmaster for UHF and there are plenty of surplus Stationmaster type antennas around for 800MHz with 10dBD gain. Combine all these with low loss using a Comet or Diamond Triplexer and your scanner will probably overload but you will have lots of gain on all scanner bands.
prcguy