I agree...the clips are horrible, I already broke two. I got
THIS CASE from
www.scannermaster.com . Very heavy duty and works well. Provides excellent protection for your new pro-97, and I definitley recomend getting one.
As far as the antenna, I use the
800MHz ANTENNA from radio shack, works excellent for me as I listen to a lot of 800MHz Frequencies, as far as the other bands it is better (in my opinion) than the stock "rubber duckie" your scanner came with.
Also, have you visited Don Starr's website on software for programming your pro-97 thru your computer? Its called
Win97 ( from
www.starrsoft.com )and it is AWESOME. Makes programming your scanner MUCH easier than doing it by hand. You get the software free for 30 days, but its the full version of the software so you can try it out. After the 30 days, it is well worth the purchase price of 25 bucks. You'll also need
THIS CABLE from radio shack to download/upload using the software.