In my location here in Salem Oregon I primarily listed to local/county FD’s which are on VHF/UHF other the P25 system the City of Salem uses.
I have a Remtronix 820 antenna.
Any recommendations for an antenna that will have good reception on VHF/UHF and can be used with the P25 system also. I’m less than 5 miles from the P25 system.
Diamond SRH-77CA (SMA connector) and that antenna is pretty good on VHF/UHF and reasonable too.
Have a nice Saturday evening.
I think that you might be better off with the
RH77A. That's the same antenna as the SRH77CA, but it has a BNC connector rather than SMA.
Using the RH77CA, you would also need to use the SMA to BNC adapter that came with the scanner. The SMA antenna, SRH77CA, would not make a good and secure attachment to the SDS100. The SDS100 is 'water resistant', so it's SMA antenna connection is somewhat recessed in the scanner's top. So while the SRH77A would, technically, attach to the scanner, you will not be able to fully seat it on the antenna connector of the scanner. Thus, it might not make a full connection, as well as being attached only for a few of the upper threads on the scanner's connector instead of fully seating down into the recessed SMA. That might possibly make it more vulnerable to possible damage (to the scanner's connector) it it was dropped, or was hit from the side.
Another antenna to consider is the
RH789. That is a telescoping antenna, with markings on it to suggest how far to extend it for specific frequency bands. Here again, using the SMA to BNC adapter would also be needed, but that insures that you have a good, and mechanically strong, connection between the scanner & the antenna. I have this antenna as well as the RH77A. Both work well in my area (Dallas/Fort Worth metro).
Note that if using the RH77A on the BCD436HP, the SRH77CA would be just fine without having to use the adapter & ordering the BNC version. The 436HP does not have the recessed antenna connector as is on the SDS100.