crucialcolin
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So I just purchased my first base scanner antenna(a Centerfire tri-band 150/450/800 ground plane). Mainly because I was having issues receiving the Placer P25 system from my location about a half mile north of Roseville PD.
I actually setup my Larsen tri-band mag mount, basically another ground plane, on my truck in the garage along with building a simple so329 based plane to get a good base comparison and test going. In general its amazing how much better a proper antenna is over a RS 800 or RH77CA portable rubber duck(the two most highly regarded ones on the site).
Unfortunately my new Centerfire may wind up in the attack when I get it due to HOA restrictions unless I can find a way to hide it towards the back of the house in a way that doesn't result a long coax run. Obviously neither is that great of a situation for maximizing performance :/
Ultimately I'm looking be able to reliably pick up the Roseville, Placer, and Sacramento Systems. I am however somewhat concerned about Sacramento when they make the switch to P25 as I was averaging 2-3 bars on my bcd325p2 during test with signal strength bouncing higher on the current analog talk-groups. It's kind of scratchy sometimes.
Anyways my first base antenna purchase has me curious..
What antennas are others in and around our area are using for scanning purposes here?
Also what systems do you monitor?
I actually setup my Larsen tri-band mag mount, basically another ground plane, on my truck in the garage along with building a simple so329 based plane to get a good base comparison and test going. In general its amazing how much better a proper antenna is over a RS 800 or RH77CA portable rubber duck(the two most highly regarded ones on the site).
Unfortunately my new Centerfire may wind up in the attack when I get it due to HOA restrictions unless I can find a way to hide it towards the back of the house in a way that doesn't result a long coax run. Obviously neither is that great of a situation for maximizing performance :/
Ultimately I'm looking be able to reliably pick up the Roseville, Placer, and Sacramento Systems. I am however somewhat concerned about Sacramento when they make the switch to P25 as I was averaging 2-3 bars on my bcd325p2 during test with signal strength bouncing higher on the current analog talk-groups. It's kind of scratchy sometimes.
Anyways my first base antenna purchase has me curious..
What antennas are others in and around our area are using for scanning purposes here?
Also what systems do you monitor?