Car antenna as a scanner antenna

[bigmichaelcool]

I have been thinking about getting this little connector device that I saw in the Scanner World catalog that can turn your car antenna into a scanner antenna by connecting this device to your car antenna. Does anyone have this connector and setup and does it work good? Any opinions of if this would actually work or not?

Thanks!

Michael

 

[tglendye]

I had one about 10 years ago, and it worked well. I monitored from vhf-lo to uhf.

 

[rpgbigman]

I use my Ant that way also. but what I did is bought the stuff from Radio shack.
and Ran the coax to the ant. and used the spliter right on the ant.
if you listen to AM on your am fm car you might as well forget about listening to AM.
I have had mine hooked up for 9 years and works well for VHF anolog. and UHF anolog.
Ryan.

 

[LordJ]

Had one, hated it...too much loss on it..lost reception of my FM stations by about 1/2..

 

[TooLate]

I've had one in an F-150 pickup for years. Originally, there was some loss in FM and as I recall, some distance loss in AM. But, with a little tuning most of the regional FM's and most local AM's are audible...not pristine...but audible. Scanner reception is pretty good...not hamsexy but from my driveway in a valley between 2 abrupt hills, I can pick up the VHF PD freqs from a town approx 25 miles from the truck...all the time. Since I'm not interested in picking up traffic from the 60-70 mile area...it's fine with me! It's strictly the stock 30+ inch single rod off the fender...no loads, no amps etc. FWIW.

 

[Uplink]

I had one too, didn't perform well for me at all, also reduced FM reception, like the post er above said. Thumbs down, IMHO.

 

[superbgear]

Could't find the item in Scanner World's wedsite. Can someone kindly provide the link? Does it work well in the UHF range?