Need Some antenna help

[VanGorden86]

Was woundering what the best base antenna would be for my Uniden BCT8 Scanner

 

[Rt169Radio]

What kind of freqs do you want to listen to? Are you looking for a outside base antenna?

 

[VanGorden86]

i mainly listen to low band but i guess in a year or two they are going to switch everything over to highband mainly listen to fire ems and police

 

[Rt169Radio]

Well then here are a couple of good outdoor antenna choices.

First there is the Diamond D-130J,I have this antenna and it works good and its built tough.

Diamond D-130J D-130NJ Discone Antenna

Then there is the Antennacraft ST2,this antenna is not as sturdy as the Diamond discone but people say its a really good scanner antenna.

Antennacraft ST2 Scanner Antenna, Antenna Craft ST-2

Now those two antennas are just the two mainstream antennas for scanners,there are others that you may like better.

 

[methusaleh]

As others have asked already...

What band(s) do you want to listen to?

Base or mobile antenna?

Any considerations regarding size, polarization, stealth, mounting limitations, coax feedline run length, etc?