Antenna Specialist Mon. 51? mobil magnet antenna

[stingray327]

Anyone know where I can still purchase this antenna? I believe the company is out of business. I notice that my local news crews use this antenna on their vans. This all band antenna has been the best performing antenna I have ever had. It is either a Mon. 31 or 51 all band scanning antenna with a centerloaded piece in the middle.

 

[LIScanner101]

I share your pain

I too have owned a few of the old MON Series antennas. They blow away anything I've ever owned from a wide-band perspective. The famed Austin Spectra, which close, is not as good on low band. The MON antenna with that metal tube in the middle (A/S called it an "800MHz Micro-Choke" or something like that) really helped pull in those trunking signals. There ARE better low band, high band and 800MHz trunking antennas - but none out there right now does it all like the old MON Series.

I have also been scouring the web for ANY of these. I saw one last month on ebay, got off the site, thought about for a few days, went back and it was sold.

I think you're only shot is to just scour places like ebay and/or craigslist. That's what I'm going to keep doing....good luck!

-John

 

[stingray327]

I share your pain

I too have owned a few of the old MON Series antennas. They blow away anything I've ever owned from a wide-band perspective. The famed Austin Spectra, which close, is not as good on low band. The MON antenna with that metal tube in the middle (A/S called it an "800MHz Micro-Choke" or something like that) really helped pull in those trunking signals. There ARE better low band, high band and 800MHz trunking antennas - but none out there right now does it all like the old MON Series.

I have also been scouring the web for ANY of these. I saw one last month on ebay, got off the site, thought about for a few days, went back and it was sold.

I think you're only shot is to just scour places like ebay and/or craigslist. That's what I'm going to keep doing....good luck!

-John

But the prices they ask for are too much. $100+

 

[LIScanner101]

But the prices they ask for are too much. $100+

Technically they can ask pretty much whatever they want. You're talking about PREMIUM scanner antennas the likes which have not been duplicated since. Currently not replaceable.

I have an old ChannelMaster Monitenna 5094A. This was THE scanner antenna to have years ago. I'd be hard pressed to part with it if someone paid me $500 for it!

 

[stingray327]

Technically they can ask pretty much whatever they want. You're talking about PREMIUM scanner antennas the likes which have not been duplicated since. Currently not replaceable.

I have an old ChannelMaster Monitenna 5094A. This was THE scanner antenna to have years ago. I'd be hard pressed to part with it if someone paid me $500 for it!

I know what you mean as that's the secondary market.
I too used to have a Channel Master probably 2 of them before the wind damaged them. The prices on those have gone up since they are discontinued.
Now I use the Scantantenna.