john78
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hello all, i'm looking for a new project: build my own scanner antenna. just wondering if anyone has any good idea's that could help me decide types of metals and so on ......thanks
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Home brew antenna projects are always fun. Especially for scanners, where you can either make up stuff as you go along, or make mistakes without worrying too much about the consequences. The worst I've ever done is throw away about $5 worth of junk. You can roll your own in one day and spend less money on it than you would spend on a trip to the movie theater.
Mash here for a thread on a center fed dipole antenna. This one will cost you less than a trip to Blockbuster and can be mounted inside.
Mash here for a thread on building an antenna that will impress the hell out of your neighbors and make them think you're an electronics whiz.
Mash here for a thread on a project I finished in one afternoon and spent less than $50 on. It also impressed the neighbors.
Don't forget the Antenna Wiki. All sorts of wierd and interesting antenna projects.
Mash here for a thread on a center fed dipole antenna. This one will cost you less than a trip to Blockbuster and can be mounted inside.
Mash here for a thread on building an antenna that will impress the hell out of your neighbors and make them think you're an electronics whiz.
Mash here for a thread on a project I finished in one afternoon and spent less than $50 on. It also impressed the neighbors.
Don't forget the Antenna Wiki. All sorts of wierd and interesting antenna projects.
john78
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new antenna
well i went down and got a radioshack scanner/ham discone #20-043 for my pro 2006.
gonna mount it about 20ft up , i think that should be enough for now.........looking for a ar5000b receiver ????
well i went down and got a radioshack scanner/ham discone #20-043 for my pro 2006.
gonna mount it about 20ft up , i think that should be enough for now.........looking for a ar5000b receiver ????
jonny290
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solid little discone
you'll find that there are antennas that work 'okay' on a lot of frequencies, and there are antennas that are tuned for a certain band. If you have problems pulling in faint/staticy signals, you may want to upgrade to real mono-band antennas, but I'm guessing that thing will light that radio up like a Christmas tree and you'll be just fine.
you'll find that there are antennas that work 'okay' on a lot of frequencies, and there are antennas that are tuned for a certain band. If you have problems pulling in faint/staticy signals, you may want to upgrade to real mono-band antennas, but I'm guessing that thing will light that radio up like a Christmas tree and you'll be just fine.
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