I have recently added a second scanner to my arsenal. This wasn't my original plan, but now that I have the two units - I kind of like the idea. To incorporate the new scanner, I have purchased a new Stridsberg to split the antenna. I just returned from vacation and found my new unit and jumper cables waiting for me, yesterday.
After putting it all together, I found - while I appear to have a stronger signal on both scanners than just plugging my single lead into either of the scanners, on both - I am now getting a lot of noise that I never had....all of this is with the multicoupler powered. Without the multicoupler powered - I get a slightly lower signal strength, but a much clearer sound.
My research here leads me to believe that I probably need some sort of filter, but what? How can I tell of this is the issue for sure and specifically what to buy? Money isn't so much the issue as time. I don't want to order something online and wait for it, then realize I needed something else and wait for it, etc --- this may be my only option, but would love to shortcut the guessing.
My set up:
Live in a suburban area with a Scannerbeam mounted high enough to get a good clean look at the main sites I monitor (30')
100' LMR-400
MCA204M
4' LMR-400 jumpers to - BC785D & BCD536HP
I have never had problems with any interference (FM, Pagers, etc) and have always had a good clean signal. Could this little bit of amplification have caused a significant increase in the noise?
In the spirit of full disclosure - my only method of quantifying signal strength is through my ARC software for each scanner and observation of the bars on the displays.
After putting it all together, I found - while I appear to have a stronger signal on both scanners than just plugging my single lead into either of the scanners, on both - I am now getting a lot of noise that I never had....all of this is with the multicoupler powered. Without the multicoupler powered - I get a slightly lower signal strength, but a much clearer sound.
My research here leads me to believe that I probably need some sort of filter, but what? How can I tell of this is the issue for sure and specifically what to buy? Money isn't so much the issue as time. I don't want to order something online and wait for it, then realize I needed something else and wait for it, etc --- this may be my only option, but would love to shortcut the guessing.
My set up:
Live in a suburban area with a Scannerbeam mounted high enough to get a good clean look at the main sites I monitor (30')
100' LMR-400
MCA204M
4' LMR-400 jumpers to - BC785D & BCD536HP
I have never had problems with any interference (FM, Pagers, etc) and have always had a good clean signal. Could this little bit of amplification have caused a significant increase in the noise?
In the spirit of full disclosure - my only method of quantifying signal strength is through my ARC software for each scanner and observation of the bars on the displays.
