Best 500mhz antenna for sma female?

[Liccs891]

Hey guys so I live near Northampton county pa. They are in the 500mhzs channels. So to listen what’s a good antenna for that? Connector is SMA Female.

Nagoya 771
Smiley 5/8 slim duck 470
Smiley slime line 470
Diamond antenna SRJ77CA

Any more recommendations or which of these you think would be the best is great!!
Thanks

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Not sure if anything is left to listen to on Northampton's T-band channels (500 mhz). Fairly certain all ops have moved over to the new Northampton Co Public Safety trunked radio system. Discussion thread is linked below

Northampton Co Public Safety

County was testing Ops 1 on the new system today. TGID is 10001 per the radio chatter. Attached below is the audio.

forums.radioreference.com

 

[Liccs891]

Not sure if anything is left to listen to on Northampton's T-band channels (500 mhz). Fairly certain all ops have moved over to the new Northampton Co Public Safety trunked radio system. Discussion thread is linked below

Northampton Co Public Safety

County was testing Ops 1 on the new system today. TGID is 10001 per the radio chatter. Attached below is the audio.

forums.radioreference.com

Yeah maybe your right, I didn’t know the forms had state to state and then ppl post about county’s. So maybe on the 500s there is nothing tbh anymore.

But to listen to p25 trunking systems and scanner will do??

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

But to listen to p25 trunking systems and scanner will do??

What are you using now? A Uniden SDS100 or 150 or 200 would be highly recommended to overcome simulcast distortion you may encounter if you're within range of two or more towers on either simulcast on the system

 

[Liccs891]

well for the county i live in they use analog so i use a regular ham radio to listen...like the baofeng or lookng into getting the td-h9 cause it goes in the 500s but for this instance it seems like it wont work...so i guess id have to get a uniden as you described??

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

.like the baofeng or lookng into getting the td-h9 cause it goes in the 500s but for this instance it seems like it wont work...so i guess id have to get a uniden as you described??

Correct, neither of those will work for the new TRS. See full list of supported scanners here. You'll be taking a simulcast distortion gamble with anything else other than one of the aforementioned SDS models

 

[Liccs891]

Correct, neither of those will work for the new TRS. See full list of supported scanners here. You'll be taking a simulcast distortion gamble with anything else other than one of the aforementioned SDS models

So to listen to the P25 trunking systems, what would be your top three you would recommend?? In order.

 

[jeepsandradios]

So to listen to the P25 trunking systems, what would be your top three you would recommend?? In order.

A Uniden SDS100 or 150 or 200 would be highly recommended to overcome simulcast distortion you may encounter if you're within range of two or more towers on either simulcast on the system