mobile antenna for RS pro 164

[muskie999]

HI, I need to know what antenna to get, for my Pro 164 which I just upgraded to. I want a mobile antenna to attch to my car, which is a lease, so no screw holes. What is something that is mid range priced,I use it mostly for storm spotting.
any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Muskie

 

[dsleigh]

muskie

HI, I need to know what antenna to get, for my Pro 164 which I just upgraded to. I want a mobile antenna to attch to my car, which is a lease, so no screw holes. What is something that is mid range priced,I use it mostly for storm spotting.
any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Muskie

Check out grove-enterprises.com ant.#6 for $20.00 For the money it can not be beat!

 

[muskie999]

I checked out that site desleigh, I liked what reviews I read, price is reasonable and really wanted amagnetic mount. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks for the tip!

 

[dsleigh]

muskie

The magnetic mobile antenna at grove ent.com is #50 sorry about the mistake!

 

[muskie999]

Great I'll send you the bill.LOL Inever found a #6 so whatever I got is what I got.
Thanks
Muskie

 

[N1BHH]

Most any antenna will work with any scanner. It doesn't need to be for a specific scanner. I use a VHF quarter wave on my van for scanning. It's at optimum of course in the VHF range and offers decent usage around the spectrum. You can do your own Google searching for antennas and use the antenna wiki:
Scanner Antennas - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[mario_verasso]

Im using my AM/FM radio antenna. seems to work better than the one that was on the scanner. I'm picking up traffic 30-50 miles away.

 

[muskie999]

Sounds great, I'm still trying to program My new scanner. LOL maybe I should take up polo. except i hate horses, and I'm poor.

 

[karrington]

Im using my AM/FM radio antenna. seems to work better than the one that was on the scanner. I'm picking up traffic 30-50 miles away.

If you don't mind me asking, how are you using your AM/FM antenna for your Pro-164, and do I need an antenna if I do not travel more then 25 miles away from my local area???


Thanks for your time.
karrington

 

[mario_verasso]

Sorry wasn't paying attention to the thread's title. I was just reading the comments and replied. I don't have a Pro-164. I am using the vehicle antenna for my scanner. the uniden bc560XLT has the same antenna connection that the antenna uses. So i just plugged it in and it works better, than the telescoping one does.