Hi guys, I have a question and maybe I can get some suggestions from the experts.
I am a retired FF and Police Officer, we live in a 40’ motor home and travel all the time.
I like to listen to what ever is going on wherever we are parked and I use a PRS500 mainly so I can listen to all bands. Most campgrounds are away from the cities.
I have no problem on my Jeep, I use the RS mag mount and get good reception when we drive around or go into the city.
My question is, I have a rubber roof and fiberglass sides on the RV. I have mounted a ground plane CB antenna and a cell phone antenna on each side of the cab and they work great. I would like to mount a scanner antenna also so I can get better reception when I am inside the RV parked at the campground.
I can put an antenna on top of my rear ladder with a mirror mount and run about 50’ of wire to the front or I can just use a glass mounted antenna on the front windshield.
Both of those could stay on permanently as I go down the road. I thought of using my old portable PVC flag pole and mount an antenna (maybe a RS discone) on the top so it would be higher (20’) then break it down when I move, but I don’t know if grounding would be a problem.
Any suggestions would be very helpful and I am open to any ideas.
I am a retired FF and Police Officer, we live in a 40’ motor home and travel all the time.
I like to listen to what ever is going on wherever we are parked and I use a PRS500 mainly so I can listen to all bands. Most campgrounds are away from the cities.
I have no problem on my Jeep, I use the RS mag mount and get good reception when we drive around or go into the city.
My question is, I have a rubber roof and fiberglass sides on the RV. I have mounted a ground plane CB antenna and a cell phone antenna on each side of the cab and they work great. I would like to mount a scanner antenna also so I can get better reception when I am inside the RV parked at the campground.
I can put an antenna on top of my rear ladder with a mirror mount and run about 50’ of wire to the front or I can just use a glass mounted antenna on the front windshield.
Both of those could stay on permanently as I go down the road. I thought of using my old portable PVC flag pole and mount an antenna (maybe a RS discone) on the top so it would be higher (20’) then break it down when I move, but I don’t know if grounding would be a problem.
Any suggestions would be very helpful and I am open to any ideas.