Mike445
Member
Hey y’all. I am in the process of building a small travel camper based on an aluminum 5 x 8 enclosed trailer. I’m going to be putting an STS 100 and an ICOM IC R-10 in it. I have everything I need to split the antenna between two 2 radios already. That isn’t an issue.
what I want is an antenna that mounts through the side. I do not want any holes in the roof. When I am traveling and I stop for a night on the road I want to be able to turn on the scanner without setting up my base antenna. I was thinking of using a side mount CB antenna mount and found several 3/8x24 scanner antennas but have been told by many they become useless as the frequency increases due to the mount. I have found a couple side mount AM/FM antennas that would work. They are extendable from 18” to 55” I have a Motorola to bnc adapter already. Is there any reason I could not use this and adjust it to the length of a dual band antenna for general scan receive?
Any other recommendations would be awesome!
what I want is an antenna that mounts through the side. I do not want any holes in the roof. When I am traveling and I stop for a night on the road I want to be able to turn on the scanner without setting up my base antenna. I was thinking of using a side mount CB antenna mount and found several 3/8x24 scanner antennas but have been told by many they become useless as the frequency increases due to the mount. I have found a couple side mount AM/FM antennas that would work. They are extendable from 18” to 55” I have a Motorola to bnc adapter already. Is there any reason I could not use this and adjust it to the length of a dual band antenna for general scan receive?
Any other recommendations would be awesome!