Discreet antenna for vehicle

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Lots of companies made an adapter you plug in between your AM/FM car radio and it gives you a feed for a scanner. They can work surprisingly well if you have a vertical AM/FM whip on your car. Search Ebay for AM/FM scanner car antenna and something should show up.
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AM/FM couplers are not very popular today but the big and old mfrs like Antenna Specialists made some that did VHF low through UHF and they would also work fine for local 800 stuff. I have one somewhere that I tested and it really worked great on all bands.

If you shop around you can still find some that will do VHF lo through UHF.
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Antenna Specialists MON-63 "All Band Monitor Coupler" (with Motorola connector): https://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Band-M...K-The-Antenna-Specialists-MON-63/151958047913

Para Dynamics PDC63 "AM/FM Scanner Multi Coupler" (with Motorola connector): https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDC63-PARA...ULTI-COUPLER-FOR-VEHICLE-ANTENNA/160379841978

Para Dynamics PDC634MB "AM/FM Scanner Multi Coupler" (with Motorola to BNC adapter included): https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDC634MB-P...TI-COUPLER-WITH-BNC-AND-MOTOROLA/400325418246
 

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The SPL1 (allows you to use your car radio antenna for scanning) at the link you provided seems pricey for a simple splitter. The price listed in Australian dollars is $39 AUD plus $19.95 AUD for shipping to any country other than Australia. When you convert the AUD to US currency it comes to a total of $47.04 USD ($31.12 USD for the SPL1 splitter plus $15.92 USD shipping).

The Para Dynamics PDC634MB (includes Motorola to BNC adapter) that I linked to above is $14.99 with FREE shipping included which is less than 1/3 the total cost of the SPL1: https://www.ebay.com/itm/400325418246
 
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