Radio Shack 800 Mhz Antenna

[dosboot]

Has anyone tried the Radio Shack Antenna, if so does it help bring in 800Mhz Freq. ?

 

[Techy]

Absolutely, great antenna and most of us here use it alot. It is resonant in the 800Mhz band and makes it a great antenna. Made by GRE. I use them on all of my handhelds.

 

[safetyobc]

I live in the boonies and it does definately help me, but didn't exactly blow me away either. I was probably expecting way too much out of it since it is for a handheld. But I am happy with the antenna. It improves my 800 reception considerably. For $16 it is a good deal.

 

[car2back]

http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29734

 

[LGLHOOK]

I have used this antenna as well with good reviews. However, I have noticed that sometimes i get better reception using a fixed antenna mounted to the mirror of my big rig, and sometimes I get better reception not using an antenna at all. Over all good antenna.

 

[gatorhater]

I have 3 of them for my scanners. They made a major improvement on my BCD 396T. Their price is very nice too, under $20.

 

[Mags]

What is it it about ths RS 800 mhz antenna that is better than any other? And is there a noticable difference in the reception?


Dom...

 

[allscan]

From my cubical I have zero reception on my cell phone, and there's a tower within a mile of my building. However, I can listen to the county trunked system flawlessly from my desk as well as the next county over on a good day all with a RS antenna.

 

[KR4BD]

I have two of the RS 800 mHz duckies (one each for my Pro-92 and Pro-94). The Pro-92 has lousy sensitivity at 800 mHz and the stock antenna just did not cut it. So, I bought the RS 800 mHz antenna and that brought my Pro-92 "to life" for local trunking. The stock, "one-size-fits-all" antenna that comes with the radio hardly worked for 800 trunking with this radio.

On my Pro-94, this antenna increased the signal so much, I now have very little noise with the signals, compared to the original stock antenna that came with the scanner.

This antenna works great on 800 and does a decent job with 450 mHz signals. However, for VHF (30-50 and 144-174 mHz), the stock antenna does perform better with weaker signals.

 

[Bolt21]

I have the RS 800 - does a little better than your stock duckie. However, I've found the Radioware Seeker 800Mhz to be far superior. It's a bit more expensive at $40, but you know the old saying... I can pick up neighboring county systems at 30+ miles away.
http://www.radio-ware.com/products/sek800.htm

 

[car2back]

I.....sometimes I get better reception not using an antenna at all......

Isn't that bad on your radio?

 

[car2back]

I have the RS 800 - does a little better than your stock duckie. However, I've found the Radioware Seeker 800Mhz to be far superior. It's a bit more expensive at $40, but you know the old saying... I can pick up neighboring county systems at 30+ miles away.
http://www.radio-ware.com/products/sek800.htm

hmm.... that maybe my next investment! thanks for the info!

 

[LGLHOOK]

Isn't that bad on your radio?

Tell me how it is bad on the radio.

 

[dosboot]

800 mhz antenna from the shack

Purchased the 800 MHz antenna from The local shackfor $16.99 and it's well worth it.
before I could can now pick my local TRS 30 miles away I also may check out the Radioware Seeker antenna. If some of you dont have the 800 MHz antenna from Radio Shack you need to pick it up today.

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[Bolt21]

hmm.... that maybe my next investment! thanks for the info!

I made my decision to invest in one of the Radioware Seekers based on info from this site:
http://myweb.accessus.net/~090/antenna.html

 

[car2back]

Tell me how it is bad on the radio.

I just thought running it without an antenna would cause damage.... maybe it is just when you Tx it does that.

 

[Joseph11]

It's only when TXing. You can RX fine without an antenna.

 

[sta18ff]

I will soon be buying a 396 (when income tax return arrives!!). I wonder if they will ever make an SMA version so it could be used without the SMA-BNC adapter.

 

[HillbillyUHF]

It's only when TXing. You can RX fine without an antenna.

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[GTO_04]

I will soon be buying a 396 (when income tax return arrives!!). I wonder if they will ever make an SMA version so it could be used without the SMA-BNC adapter.

Waltel has some very good 800 MHz SMA mount antennas for handhelds! They are made by either Antenex or Centurion. For BNC mounts I stick with the RS 800 Antenna.

GTO_04