wheels63
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When I put up this antenna should I have up and down or across the window ? My son lives in a mobile home and wants to have a police scanner in his room.
Tom
Tom
Suction Cup antenna ??
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mass-man
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up n down
But you might try the scanner in his room without the antenna first. MIght be just fine for what he wants to hear...maybe a shelf or bookcase near the window would work just as well.
External antenna only if necessary....
But you might try the scanner in his room without the antenna first. MIght be just fine for what he wants to hear...maybe a shelf or bookcase near the window would work just as well.
External antenna only if necessary....
wheels63
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Thank you Mass-man.
Tom
Tom
Suction Cup Wire Antenna.
I use one of the suction cup wire antennas at work with a Radio Shack Pro-2066 scanner. It works very well with a push pin holding the tip up vertical against the wall. My antenna has a small loop at the end of the antenna wire. It gets me pretty good signal withing about 20 miles.
I use one of the suction cup wire antennas at work with a Radio Shack Pro-2066 scanner. It works very well with a push pin holding the tip up vertical against the wall. My antenna has a small loop at the end of the antenna wire. It gets me pretty good signal withing about 20 miles.
I've had good results using this tiny antenna on my office window!
800 MHz Mobile Antenna BNC Glass Mount 4" Scanner Motorola Uniden Radio | eBay
800 MHz Mobile Antenna BNC Glass Mount 4" Scanner Motorola Uniden Radio | eBay
Position it vertically. Just a suggestion for a mobile home install, try a mag mount antenna on your central air unit outside, or top of a window a/c This works quite well also.
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