Thought this worthy of sharing;
I purchased a handheld scanner antenna from Amazon for about $23. It’s an HYS Dual Band Base Antenna. But why they call it a base antenna is anyones guess. They come with a BNC or SMA connector. But what really caught my eye is the antennas shape. It’s about as high as the stock rubber duckie but it has a loop on the top that’s about 3 inches round. (If you put a lens in the loop it would resemble a magnifying glass.) You can see a pic of it if you go to Amazon and look for an HYS antenna. Whatever comes up should start with a line that suggests you visit the HYS store. Click on that and start scrolling. You need to scroll for a bit before you come to this particular antenna but its shown as available in the BNC or SMA versions. I found it plays well on the advertised bands and is well constructed. My personal observation is that it hears ok on the 800MHz trunked systems also, but that may be just my close location to the transmitting sites. If nothing else, it’s sure a conversation starter! Below is the description… although it’s listed as a dual band antenna I believe the listing of scanners shown in the last point eludes more to scanners sporting BNC antenna connectors. I think they’d should have worded it this way… This antenna will fit BNC connector radios such as those listed.”
Impedance
50 Ohm
I purchased a handheld scanner antenna from Amazon for about $23. It’s an HYS Dual Band Base Antenna. But why they call it a base antenna is anyones guess. They come with a BNC or SMA connector. But what really caught my eye is the antennas shape. It’s about as high as the stock rubber duckie but it has a loop on the top that’s about 3 inches round. (If you put a lens in the loop it would resemble a magnifying glass.) You can see a pic of it if you go to Amazon and look for an HYS antenna. Whatever comes up should start with a line that suggests you visit the HYS store. Click on that and start scrolling. You need to scroll for a bit before you come to this particular antenna but its shown as available in the BNC or SMA versions. I found it plays well on the advertised bands and is well constructed. My personal observation is that it hears ok on the 800MHz trunked systems also, but that may be just my close location to the transmitting sites. If nothing else, it’s sure a conversation starter! Below is the description… although it’s listed as a dual band antenna I believe the listing of scanners shown in the last point eludes more to scanners sporting BNC antenna connectors. I think they’d should have worded it this way… This antenna will fit BNC connector radios such as those listed.”
Impedance
50 Ohm
- 2 Meter/70cm (144Mhz/430Mhz)-136-174Mhz&400-470Mhz Portable Antenna;
- Gain:2.15/2.8dBi; Maximum Power Input-watts:20W (Handheld radio less than 20W); this is a HYS antenna able to offer a wide range of features to choose from for your handheld transceiver or scanner.
- Radome Color: Black; Radome material: ABS; Circle Material: CU. Antenna easy to install, whether you need a replacement antennas or want to improve your HT's radiating efficiency and range, HYS dual-band antennas offer a quality solution for your needs.
- Connector: BNC; Compatible with Icom, Vertex, some Motorola, and some Kenwood Handheld Radios; Working for V8 V80 V80E V82 V85 F3S and other suitable for BNC 2 way radio.
- Working for 136-174Mhz&400-470Mhz Uniden Bearcat scanner BC125AT, Bearcat BC75XLT, BCD996P2 scanner, Uniden 365rs, SDS100, BCD 396XT, BCD325P2;GRECOM (now Whistler) PSR-800 scanner whistler TRX 1
