Found out that my BCD396T antenna is broken. Any recommendations for decent replacement?
E edro Member Premium Subscriber Joined Apr 13, 2012 Messages 8 Nov 15, 2020 #1 Found out that my BCD396T antenna is broken. Any recommendations for decent replacement?
K ka3aaa Member Premium Subscriber Joined Jan 27, 2008 Messages 1,284 Location middletown, pa. Nov 15, 2020 #2 remtronix 800 mhz is a good replacement for the original antenna.
T tvengr Well Known Member Joined Feb 10, 2019 Messages 9,178 Location Baltimore County, MD Nov 15, 2020 #3 ka3aaa said: remtronix 800 mhz is a good replacement for the original antenna. Click to expand... It is if you are scanning 700 and 800 MHz frequencies. It will work OK with UHF, but poorly with VHF.
ka3aaa said: remtronix 800 mhz is a good replacement for the original antenna. Click to expand... It is if you are scanning 700 and 800 MHz frequencies. It will work OK with UHF, but poorly with VHF.
N N9JCQ Member Premium Subscriber Joined Aug 30, 2005 Messages 861 Location Lake Barrington, IL Nov 16, 2020 #4 edro said: Found out that my BCD396T antenna is broken. Any recommendations for decent replacement? Click to expand... As was pointed out, it's based on what you want to listen to, frequency wise. Let us know that and we can recommend things for you.
edro said: Found out that my BCD396T antenna is broken. Any recommendations for decent replacement? Click to expand... As was pointed out, it's based on what you want to listen to, frequency wise. Let us know that and we can recommend things for you.
Eng74 Member Joined Dec 19, 2002 Messages 2,035 Location Kern County, CA Nov 16, 2020 #5 This is the one I use on my 396XT, works great on 800/VHF/UHF. 800 MHz Low Profile 1/4 Wave Portable SMA Antenna | Scanner Master 800 MHz Low Profile 1/4 Wave Portable SMA Antenna www.scannermaster.com
This is the one I use on my 396XT, works great on 800/VHF/UHF. 800 MHz Low Profile 1/4 Wave Portable SMA Antenna | Scanner Master 800 MHz Low Profile 1/4 Wave Portable SMA Antenna www.scannermaster.com
P PriorMike Member Joined May 26, 2016 Messages 329 Location Arnprior, Ontario, Canada Nov 16, 2020 #6 A decent all rounder is the Watson WSMA-801, in my opinion.
Embalmer-Mortician Member Premium Subscriber Joined Oct 12, 2016 Messages 103 Dec 16, 2020 #7 If you want the original replacement the aforementioned www.scannermaster.com sell it. Same thing happened to me and I got a replacement from them.
If you want the original replacement the aforementioned www.scannermaster.com sell it. Same thing happened to me and I got a replacement from them.
Ronaldski MI DB Admin Database Admin Joined Aug 23, 2005 Messages 2,977 Location Bay City MI Dec 16, 2020 #8 Original All-Band ''Rubber-Duck'' Portable SMA Antenna | Scanner Master 396T uses an SMA connector, otherwise with many antennas use a BNC, so you would need to use the SMC-BNC adapter if you get one with a BNC connection.
Original All-Band ''Rubber-Duck'' Portable SMA Antenna | Scanner Master 396T uses an SMA connector, otherwise with many antennas use a BNC, so you would need to use the SMC-BNC adapter if you get one with a BNC connection.