#Radioshark external antenna portable#

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All antennas can also be paired with a pre-amplifier for the most signal gain (although especially in urban areas this can overload a scanner with too much signal). For the rooftop or attic there are many more options including directional 'yagi' antennas which you aim at your target signal for the most signal 'gain' (you'll also need coax cable and mounting hardware which we also sell). We also saw a new RadioShack is a 100 year old brand embedded into the. Base antennas for inside the home are limited in what they can do but we have some interesting options below. A reasonably simple external dipole antenna managed to increase the range enough. For many people most of the radio traffic they wish to monitor is at 800 MHz and therefore they sacrifice reception on other bands, or dedicate a scanner to just the 800 MHz band and pair it with an 800 MHz antenna for optimal reception. But reception on other bands will suffer. nect an external antenna (not supplied) to your TRC-235 for mobile or base. A single band antenna will perform much better than a wideband scanner antenna on one radio band such as VHF high-band from 138-174 MHz. These antennas range from wideband to single band.

#Radioshark external antenna portable#

Scanner Master offers a range of antennas for home or office base scanners (inside or roof mounted), the car, truck or RV for mobile scanner use (inside the vehicle or more typically on top of it with multiple mounting options), as well as antennas for portable scanner use. Bingfu Police Radio Scanner Antenna 20-1300MHz Adhesive Mount BNC Male Dipole Antenna Vehicle Ham Radio Amateur Radio Mobile Scanner Antenna Compatible with Uniden Bearcat Whistler Radio Shack Scanner.

These antennas are 'wideband' in that they are designed to cover all frequencies the scanner can receive from approximately 30 to 1000 MHz. Police scanners come with either back-of-the-set telescoping scanner antennas for base and mobile models or with top-of-the-set 'rubber-duck' scanner antennas for portable police scanners.