"Best" Antenna For A Uniden Home Patrol-1

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BOBRR

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Hello,

If this is not the best Forum to post this, I apologize, and please let me know.
Sr. Citizen dumb question.

Have a Uniden Home Patrol-1 that I am trying to get going again after
many, many, years.

An antenna for the attic is not practical, so am trying to use
a "small" whip that I apparently bought for it a long time ago.

It is a: Diamond RH77CA

Since it has been so many years now, thought it would be
worth asking if there is anything "better" available now.

Frankly, I try to listen all over the bands; Our town FD and PD (482 and 852), and
all the Aero and RR "stuff," e.g.

Is there a better antenna these days that I should purchase ?
Much better probably, or only marginally, most likely ?

The length can probably be somewhat (but not too much) longer
that the Diamond, which is about 13 inches.

Thanks for help; appreciate it.

Bob
 

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For a "back-of-set" antenna the Diamond RH77CA is one of the most popular and most commented on here on RR. Is your scanner near a window? Can you run some cable TV coax from the scanner to a window... preferably a 2nd story or higher window? If so, try a flat-panel "blade" or "leaf" type TV antenna mounted high in the highest window in your building. If it faces where most of your signals come from, even better. These "HD" TV antennas are available very inexpensively in any Walmart and most home stores, and they are broad enough to overlap coverage on the scanner bands adjacent to the TV channels. Inexpensive to try. You'll need an F-female to SMA male adapter to connect the end of the coax to your HP1 scanner.
 

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"Best" Antenna For A Uniden Home Patrol-1

I’ve found the Diamond SRH789 is also a good performer with my HP1/2.


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