Can a great antenna just do some mega overloading?

[RedPenguin]

I have a BCT15 and I was using the RH77CA for a while because of all the good review and I like it, but I found out if I just put on the radio shack antenna, not a rubber duckie or the huge telescopic antenna, the thick black one, I put it on, and the scanner no longer receives interference from a switch near by, and oddly enough, every channel sounds completely clearer now and I'm receiving channels I didn't get before.

Could the RH77CA have just been way too much for the BCT15 or something?

 

[DPD1]

Not too much as a whole, but probably picking up whatever part of the spectrum that hum is happening in better than the others did. You'd have to go with something external to overload the whole thing... and even then it might not. In other words, your noisy switch is the problem, not the antenna.

Dave
www.DPDProductions.com
Antennas & Accessories for the RF Professional & Radio Hobbyist

 

[RedPenguin]

Hmmm

I thought find it odd that the RH77CA picks up the noise switch that's in the same room but in a closet but the radio shack one doesn't.

Also, why would the RH77CA not pick up the same fire frequencies or make them sound way better even when the router is not a problem?

I read online that a scanner can be overloaded but not really receiving interference, is this true?