homepatrol-1 hp1

Well I have been using my HP-1 for 2 years now with no issues until suddenly, about 2 weeks ago, it stopped receiving anything. The SD card has been formatted and reloaded with favorites list, audio beeps work in screen pressing buttons, but the scanner will not stop on a channel and receive...

I just ordered a HomePatrol-1 on eBay. It hasn't come yet. How good is the stock antenna? I will be primarily using this 5 or 15 air miles from two major metropolitan centers and possibly while mobile. I have a number of spare dual band Ham HT antennas (Nagoya NA 771, Comet SMA24J) and...