CorwinScansNM
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Is it possible to buy & hook up an HDTV television antenna to a public safety scanner
I have a serious but interesting question/idea here that I would like to get some thoughts & feedback on before I attempt & make the effort to buy. I own a Uniden BCT15X Public Safety Scanner & may eventually upgrade to the new Uniden BCD536HP Digital Scanner if all else fails. I am thinking about & have been shopping online for not another scanner antenna but instead a television antenna to try in bring better clearer less static sound & reception signals in to my scanner as for many of the scanner antennas out there; I have already bought & tried with no real success in sound-signal clarity or quality coming into my public safety scanner. I have even tried hooking up my current AntennaCraft ST4 outdoor scanner antenna which I purchased about 4 months ago to the (AntennaCraft 30dB High Gain TV/FM Mast-Mounted Amplifier 10G212). Still not much luck at all in receiving my programmed scanner frequencies clearly like I wish to & without the annoying scratchiness that I hear all too often except in the 144.0000Mhz - 148.0000Mhz range which is not the range in which my scanner frequencies fall in that I want to hear & pick up clearly.
Therefore, I am wondering if purchasing an outdoor HDTV Television Antenna instead with a 35 to 50+ mile range would help me out any here & be better than a scanner antenna? I am pretty much really fed up with most of the scanner antennas out there that I have purchased & tried because they have all failed me for bringing in clear sound signals & reception to my programmed scanner frequencies as well as my chosen scanner frequency ranges that I scan which are 118-136Mhz 150-174Mhz & 450-470Mhz. I am willing to buy & try an outdoor television antenna & hook it up to my scanner if it would or might actually work better than the current scanner antennas that are floating around on the market right now. Most or a lot of the scanner antennas I have already tried except some of them that are made & designed overseas which are very expensive plus outrageous shipping charges to the US.
I wanted to ask my question here on Radio Reference first before I consider & proceed with trying this idea out for my scanner to get other thoughts suggestions & info on my idea.
I have a serious but interesting question/idea here that I would like to get some thoughts & feedback on before I attempt & make the effort to buy. I own a Uniden BCT15X Public Safety Scanner & may eventually upgrade to the new Uniden BCD536HP Digital Scanner if all else fails. I am thinking about & have been shopping online for not another scanner antenna but instead a television antenna to try in bring better clearer less static sound & reception signals in to my scanner as for many of the scanner antennas out there; I have already bought & tried with no real success in sound-signal clarity or quality coming into my public safety scanner. I have even tried hooking up my current AntennaCraft ST4 outdoor scanner antenna which I purchased about 4 months ago to the (AntennaCraft 30dB High Gain TV/FM Mast-Mounted Amplifier 10G212). Still not much luck at all in receiving my programmed scanner frequencies clearly like I wish to & without the annoying scratchiness that I hear all too often except in the 144.0000Mhz - 148.0000Mhz range which is not the range in which my scanner frequencies fall in that I want to hear & pick up clearly.
Therefore, I am wondering if purchasing an outdoor HDTV Television Antenna instead with a 35 to 50+ mile range would help me out any here & be better than a scanner antenna? I am pretty much really fed up with most of the scanner antennas out there that I have purchased & tried because they have all failed me for bringing in clear sound signals & reception to my programmed scanner frequencies as well as my chosen scanner frequency ranges that I scan which are 118-136Mhz 150-174Mhz & 450-470Mhz. I am willing to buy & try an outdoor television antenna & hook it up to my scanner if it would or might actually work better than the current scanner antennas that are floating around on the market right now. Most or a lot of the scanner antennas I have already tried except some of them that are made & designed overseas which are very expensive plus outrageous shipping charges to the US.
I wanted to ask my question here on Radio Reference first before I consider & proceed with trying this idea out for my scanner to get other thoughts suggestions & info on my idea.