800 MHz back of set antenna

[devolic]

The title says it all, what should I get for my TRX? I see SM has one but I'm worried about the reviews (which are quite old though). Should I get this or something different? I love my RS800, would I loose much gain getting another one and using a 90 degree elbow instead of this one?

800 MHz 2.5db Gain Base BNC Scanner Antenna | Scanner Master

 

[Voyager]

The Radio Shack (and now Remtronix) antennas are some of the best. I don't see anything comparable outperforming one. Get the elbow and try it.

 

[DPD1]

The reviews probably reflect the fact that indoor antennas will always behave oddly, because you're just dealing with reflections and signals being randomly blocked by various things. So it's not really the antenna's fault. If you can't put an antenna outside, I would choose the HT antenna you like best, then get one of those cable extension/clip things... and clip it near a window. Just about anything will work better with that. Even if there's loss with a thin cable, it will probably be overridden by what you gain by getting it in the clear.

 

[Blackswan73]

I use the R/S/Remteonics 800 on my 1095(close cousin to the TRX2 . It works fine for me

 

[lmrtek]

You can't lose antenna gain by using an adapter.
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[wtp]

i would

get another rs800. looks like scannermaster sells them also.
there is a slight loss with anything added connection but nothing to worry about.
i have sat my 396T in a small "cell phone chair" and used two 90's to get the antenna verticle.
no rules for reception, try anything you want or can think of.
two antennas into a tv splitter used in reverse into one scanner, just seemed to make it very directional.

 

[Voyager]

There was a lot of complaining about Uniden choosing the SMA years ago. So a test was done where a series of 20 adapters was strung together. The loss was less than one tenth of a dB. By extrapolation, using one adapter will cost you 0.005 dB - a difference in strength which no human can hear. (for that matter, even the 0.1 dB is too low for humans to detect)

That is not to say there are not POS adapters out there, but any claim that the adapter is taboo is not based in fact.