has anyone else had any experience with the hp1 using it as a mobile? My experience with the hp1 as a mobile was not good and i don't know why.
has anyone else had any experience with the hp1 using it as a mobile? My experience with the hp1 as a mobile was not good and i don't know why.
My HP does terrible with the antenna that came with it, or any antenna similar to it. I have tried several different handheld, antennas including the RH 77A, still terrible.
But when hook up to tthe antenna on my vehical, (spectrmm fource wideband antenna)it does excellent. Also, when hook up to the outside antenna at my house, it does excellent. This is with a radio shack antenna
I dont understand!
has anyone else had any experience with the hp1 using it as a mobile? My experience with the hp1 as a mobile was not good and i don't know why.
has anyone else had any experience with the hp1 using it as a mobile? My experience with the hp1 as a mobile was not good and i don't know why.
In cities an inside antenna in a mobile can be superior because it does not pick up as much interference, but the tradeoff is reduced performance on desired signals.
My van is metal most of the way around, so inside antennas would be highly directional for me.
I have an HP-1 that I have used mobile with GPS and an external scanner antenna and it works very well. My only complaint is that the maximum radius for frequency selection in GPS mode is 30 miles and I can actually receive transmissions from up to 50 miles away in the van.
am I missing something or is this a joke? you are complaining because your radius is 30 but you receive far better with 50 miles. So where is the complaint? and why would you use a GPS and an antenna that makes no sense.
oops....im so slow...it never donned on me to try an outside antenna. has made a world of difference. I do not have the unit set up with gps though.....I'll just increase the range.
one more thing? if a person were to leave the unit mounted in their vehicle all the time, has anyone experienced any issues with the touch screen due to the extreme hot and cold?
i drive back and forth from louisville to southern il right now. I mainly want to listen to indiana and illinois state police anyway. I'll try it without gps for a while and see how it works out. I've got a glass mount antenna that i used to use for 2meter ham. i never took it off when i upgraded ham antennas because the only way to take it off was to destroy it. Looks like it's going to work out perfectly.