rhalld38
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I'm thinking about getting the antenna amplifier for my PSR-500 and would like to know if it really makes a difference on reception. Maybe this has been asked before but just asking for your review of it. Thanks.
I have one of these in my vehicle and one in my house. I consider it responsible for about 25% (very subjective) of my personal unbelievably remarkable turnaround in multiple scanners' performances. Another 25% goes to the antenna, and I owe the rest (or maybe all) to the analytic features of the HP-1 (E).I'm thinking about getting the antenna amplifier for my PSR-500 and would like to know if it really makes a difference on reception. Maybe this has been asked before but just asking for your review of it. Thanks.
This topic has been discussed numerous times on RadioReference. I have the GRE amp but never use it on the 500. Why? The front end of the 500 already is extremely sensitive. Put an amplifer on it and many times the radio will go completely deaf on you from overload. Don't waste your money. Instead, invest $20.00 in the Radio Shack 800 rubber duck and you will get the best reception you are going to get across the radio's spectrum of frequencies.I'm thinking about getting the antenna amplifier for my PSR-500 and would like to know if it really makes a difference on reception. Maybe this has been asked before but just asking for your review of it. Thanks.
I have the GRE "Super Amplifier" and am generallyI'm thinking about getting the antenna amplifier for my PSR-500 and would like to know if it really makes a difference on reception. Maybe this has been asked before but just asking for your review of it. Thanks.