RClary11
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I am particularly looking for retailers that sell scanners and accessories in London or Kitchener. I can't get to Toronto or Whitby unfortunately.
Scanner Stores?
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So shop online. Durham Radio (Whitby) and RadioWorld (Toronto) come to mind. Do a google search on them and your set.
RClary11
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Can't do that unfortunately, no credit card.
warrior420
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They do C.O.D (cash on delivery). Its only a extra $5.00 on Durham's site anyways. All the source has is a couple cheap-o shortwaves with no SSB.
Radio World is set up for receiving internet banking payments.
I've purchase a couple radios that way. Make contact
with them, easy to deal with.
I've purchase a couple radios that way. Make contact
with them, easy to deal with.
RClary11
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Okay thanks all, guess I'll do the online shopping thing. What I wonder is how big those discone antennas are since I was thinking of putting one outside of my ground floor apartment, and I don't want it to be too obtrusive.
Thats kinda a hard thing to do there pretty big and look pretty ugly to boot
Just add some streamers, maybe some ribbon. Antenna have feelings too you know.
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Thats kinda a hard thing to do there pretty big and look pretty ugly to boot
Ah they're just like me then lol. I guess my stuperintendent wouldn't let me set one up then. I was thinking this one might pull signals in a bit better ANGLER - Fixed or Portable Antenna 100kHz - 1300MHz – Canada.
pathalogical
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Not sure what you mean by "'how big those discone antennas are". If you are going to order one, they come in a flat package about 3-4 feet in length. Once you receive it, you assemble it. My discone (in the attic) is about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Hope this helps...
RClary11
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Thanks, that is what I meant by how big the antennas are. It doesn't sound too terribly large for my purposes. There is a guy on the same floor as me that has a satellite dish antenna on a five foot wooden pole, and I was thinking of doing the same thing with the discone antenna. That would hopefully give me better reception.
What are you primarily looking to listen to? A Discone antenna is *fantastic* for wide-band coverage, but if you really only need a single band, you might be better off with a mono-band antenna. They'll give you much better performance on the band they're designed for. A Discone is designed to be wide-band, not efficient/have gain. For 800MHz, in the space taken up by a Discone, you could put up a 6db vertical thatd knock the pants off of the Discone, in terms of performance.
They aren't big and ugly either
They aren't big and ugly either
RClary11
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What are you primarily looking to listen to? A Discone antenna is *fantastic* for wide-band coverage, but if you really only need a single band, you might be better off with a mono-band antenna. They'll give you much better performance on the band they're designed for. A Discone is designed to be wide-band, not efficient/have gain. For 800MHz, in the space taken up by a Discone, you could put up a 6db vertical thatd knock the pants off of the Discone, in terms of performance.
They aren't big and ugly either
I usually listen to a broad range of stuff, police, aircraft and railroad, so probably a discone would suit me best.
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