Magnetic antenna

[rad1oreference]

Howdy,

Just came across this antenna, wanted to know if anyone has any experience with this particular one. I'm looking to have this ProComm JBC290M

Let me know. I'm planning to use this as an external on top of my car with my Pro-97

Thanks

 

[SAR923]

They are just plain old VHF 1/4 wave whips. They will work fine on VHF and UHF, OK on 800 MHz is the towers aren't too far away, and hardly at all on low band. All depends on what nabd you listen to most.

 

[rad1oreference]

I generally drive up and down I-95 and I-93 up here in the north east. Wanted to hear more of the troopers et al. My Pro-97 will be the radio. Also like to hear the Aviation frequencies. Right now when I drive my radio has the rubber antenna and is inside the car. From what I have read, the radio waves bounces off the car and barely gets inside the car.

So an external antenna will do the job. The Pro-97 goes to 1300 MHz.

Thanks for the suggestion

 

[unitcharlie]

Something you might take into consideration is the wear-and-tear on the RG174 to BNC joint... My experience was it is a very fragile connection if the lead is to be connected and disconnected with any regularity (I am assuming you don't want to leave your radio in your car during the day or at night)... I now feed two scanners with the one antenna so I'm not exercising the connection very often....