Whistler Scanner Antennas

[WhistlerWendy]

Hi everyone -
We just added a couple of Antennas to our product portfolio.

Magnet Mount Dual Band Scanner Antenna

Mobile/Desktop Multi Band Antenna

Desktop muti band w/discone antenna


Happy Scanning!
WW

 

[w2lie]

Wow- can't wait to try these! Are they only available on the Whistler website or will they be available at our normal scanner shopping locations?

 

[eyes00only]

That Mobile/Desktop unit looks interesting but I can't afford it right now. Maybe Santa will bring me one.
Looking forward to reading reviews on it, especially how it performs in the 700MHz band.

 

[KMG54]

Those antennas look a lot like Bass fishing lures. Made to catch the fisherman, not the fish.

 

[nanZor]

Oh no! Not the "rubber duck discone" !

Wendy - c'mon. Seriously? That's not how they work. And a porcupine mess up top? I .... just ... cant .. believe it.

 

[JustLou]

Interesting.....

 

[ka3jjz]

That desktop one look suspiciously like something Icom marketed some time ago - it looks awfully close...Mike

 

[vagrant]

Yeah, I really think I have observed that desktop design before.

Ah ha, I did recently observe something like it. It was originally linked from this thread in 2018. At least Whistler is selling it for $35 less than what Wimo.com lists it for. I'd buy it and sweep it if it was $20.

https://www.wimo.com/download/18065_neu.pdf

 

[Wilrobnson]

On a serious note, on the discone, is the coax routed through the base and direct connected to the antenna?

I ask as I currently use a Diamond D220R mobile discone for travel/hotel rooms and there's some loss with the UHF-NMO/mag mount/PL-BNC connections. I may buy one and try it out (lots of travel til January).

 

[trentbob]

You can save a lot of money just by getting a VHF UHF 800 ground plane and mounting it on a long broom handle. As long as you use a little bit of low loss coax you're in business.

You can even get fancy and attach it to a floor lamp or a hat rack. A cheap tripod would work too.

 

[Hit_Factor]

Wait, they came out today...

These have been available prior to Whistler selling them.

 

[Wilrobnson]

Well, I'll buy the discone and test it. At that price I'm not too worried about taking a loss.

 

[ka3jjz]

I had to chuckle on that mobile mag mount antenna - the ad says 'dual band' but the description says '25 Mhz - 1.8 Ghz'

Uh huh- Low band and that small? Sorry not likely to happen. And using 174u cable - at 800 Mhz it will be about as good as a wet noodle. Probably not that good at UHF, either.

The ad...well Whistler ought to be embarrassed about making such a dumb mistake

Mike.

 

[iMONITOR]

I ask as I currently use a Diamond D220R mobile discone for travel/hotel rooms and there's some loss with the UHF-NMO/mag mount/PL-BNC connections.

There shouldn't be any, unless your monitoring above 900MHz possibly. How did you determine there was any loss?

 

[iMONITOR]

Those antennas have been on Ebay for over a decade, usally out of the UK. Nothing new, nothing great.

 

[MichaelBhere]

I have one that looks very similar marketed as a dual band and it works surprisingly well at a much wider range of frequencies than I had expected. Maybe that is the case here as well?

There seems to be a lot of comments in this thread with what appear to be opinions on a product they have not tested.

I learned a long time ago to test something before I comment as I have been pleasantly surprised in the past with results from some products even when my first thought may have been somewhat skeptical at best.

 

[ElevatorsAndRadios]

What are the 4 tuned elements tuned to on the mid-sized antenna?

 

[iMONITOR]

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Skyscan Mobile Desktop All Round Radio Scanner antenna with Coax and BNC PLug

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[iMONITOR]

What are the 4 tuned elements tuned to on the mid-sized antenna?

They are 4 decorative antenna elements that conflict with each other.

 

[iMONITOR]

On a serious note, on the discone, is the coax routed through the base and direct connected to the antenna?

I ask as I currently use a Diamond D220R mobile discone for travel/hotel rooms and there's some loss with the UHF-NMO/mag mount/PL-BNC connections. I may buy one and try it out (lots of travel til January).

The Diamond D220R is a respectable antenna that works well. I've used for monitoring VHF/UHF aircraft bands. If you're not happy with the performance you're getting with the D220R, don't buy the quagmire antennas from Whistler.