reception

What do you guys recommend? I live in Lake County IL and want a scanner that has good reception and I will be using in my house/on road sometimes. Also want one that is around 200 $. Thanks

I have the Pro 404 Scanner and having trouble recieving frequencys from 7 miles away and I even have an upgraded antenna, it is the Austin Condor All-Band Portable BNC Antenna. Also I have my scanner inside my house, but it is not by a window.

Hello All, I've been having a great deal of trouble hearing OKWIN in my car travelling around Oklahoma City. In certain areas, especially around I-240 and the Warr Acres area, I get all sorts of static. Is this simply simulcast interference? Is there a way around this? I use a phantom elite 800...

I just got a PSR-500 and I tried loading my area's V-Scanner folder just to get started. At first it seemed to work great, it was pretty much non stop traffic. I managed to program my own TSYS and added the talkgroups I cared about. Again, seemed to work pretty well. But yesterday I noticed it...

I was looking into buying the RadioShack Outdoor VHF-Hi/UHF Scanner Antenna for my new Uniden BCT15X. I'm going to place the antenna in my attic. What cables, adapters, etc. will I need to purchase from RadioShack?

Since Thursday (12/9/2010) I've been having odd reception issues with my BCT8. At times of the day the reception will go to static but you can still barley hear the broadcast. I've tried opening the bottom and tuning it (didn't need tuning), I've looked at my antenna (ST-2 Scanner Antenna) all...

My wife wants a scanner, and I have decided on a digital, but I am concerned that the low valley we live in may cause problems with reception. Even with our cell phones we get limited, but adequate service. Will we have similar limited service with scanners. Would appreciate your knowledge...

I bought a PRO106 exactly 30 days ago. It's going back today because of this awful interference I get only on 800mhz. All the systems are trunked, and it's both on Mot-II and EDACS. And also, it's both on a local system (San Francisco, where I live) and remote systems (Oakland and BART subway...

Hi, Im looking to get a new antenna that will imrpove my reception for my 396XT on all bands. Ive been looking at the watson 889 and 881. I like the 889 because it is telescopic however it is something I can live without. Are these two antennas compairable? Which is better? Thanks!

In the last 4 days my scanner has almost completely lost the ability to pick up any channels. All of the repeaters I have stored can also no longer receive. I have checked all my settings and can't see any thing wrong. All of my channels the had a 5 bar signal are now two or one. that is...

I just purchased the Pro 197 scanner and am having a problem that I do not understand. It comes in fine at the Radio Shack store where I made the purchase. They are about 5 miles from where Central Dispatch transmits from .When I bring it home I get choppy reception at best. I am about 4 miles...

After seeing several here recommend it, I bought a new Diamond RH 77CA antenna for my PRO 164. It came a today and .. my goodness, I'm picking up signals in the northern part of my county, and everything is MUCH, MUCH stronger and louder. Way more powerful than the rubber duck that came with...

Hey all, I'm no radio-head, except that I like my FM in remote places. I just joined this forum in hope of making the best possible purchase for my situation. We have a cabin in the SW foothills of Mt. St Helens, and are looking for a portable receiver that would reliably deliver the...

I must first thank those who have already helped me here by answering my questions. I have now had my pro 106 for a few months and have had plenty of time to test test it. It seems that both the sound quality (speaker distortion and frequency range) has much to be desired in such and expensive...

Can someone explain to me what the roaming feature is on the 106 and how to set It up? If I'm having trouble with reception on digital talkgroups will this help? If not what will? Thanks!

Programmed my parents scanner who are in the Renton Highlands - WA-900 area.... Scanner is a Uniden BC246T Pluged in the talk-groups for Renton PD, King Co. SE Prec talk-group Sheriff and ValleyCom for ems/fire. Used the recommended frequencies and added most freqs for the EPSCA Simulcast and...

We've got a 2096 that has spent it's entire life inside, on a good surge protector, that has suddenly developed a problem. When I put it in manual, and go to our P-25 control channel here, it should show MO, and it does, but only for a split second. As soon as the sys ID info starts to show...