this may be a stupid question but, I live in an apartment with no balcony and i am wondering if a magmount antenna on the fridge would pick up more than just...
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johnstark
inscan43
Feb 1, 2011 1:10 am
thats a loaded question....load with lots of questions and possible answers. Theres a lot that needs to be considered, such as if it's high or low RF area and...
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W4KRR
volcano33334
Feb 1, 2011 1:22 am
Short answer: It depends. In some cases it will make a big difference, in other cases less so, in some cases the signal may be worse. There are a lot of...
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thestreetdisciples
thestreetdis...
Feb 1, 2011 1:22 am
It is a high rf area as I am downtown of a half million population city in London Ontario Canada....
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robdutka@...
shoveldigout
Feb 1, 2011 4:50 am
Another idea.... I used a magnetic mount to the ceiling air duct right in front of the window and have the antenna hang upside down. Looks funny, but it...
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Michael Hopkins
mhopkins735
Feb 1, 2011 4:52 am
Serious is a bank of scanners and an antenna farm on multiple towers! Michael From: BCD396XT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BCD396XT@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of e ...
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Jeff Miller
jafarm66
Feb 1, 2011 4:56 am
Here;s the antenna I use in my condo Available at scanner master: WAN-97A Active Nomad Base Antenna MSRP: $99.95 Our Price: $89.95 You Save: $10.00 Great...
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 1, 2011 7:17 am
Serious is a group of scanners high atop mountain ridges all remotely controlled and monitored from your laptop... Oh yeah! ... From: "Michael Hopkins"...
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 1, 2011 7:20 am
If you listenin to fire and police dispatch channels that are repeater based, then its not going to matter. But if you want to hear simplex, tactical coms,...
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Bill
billgs13
Feb 1, 2011 2:00 pm
Scanner Master has a few log periodics one of them is 4 grand! Put that on a tall tower and some LMR 800 and a rotor. Not braging but I have a CLP-5130 log now...
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Michael Hopkins
mhopkins735
Feb 1, 2011 2:02 pm
Why not ?? should work fine for most local stuff, but any signals coming in from a higher angle could be significantly reduced (air traffic, for example)...
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 1, 2011 5:23 pm
"because the antenna’s major radiating (and receiving) pattern will be slightly below the horizon and your air duct would block some of that." He is not...
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Michael Hopkins
mhopkins735
Feb 1, 2011 7:52 pm
Sometimes what you think might be a great place for a scanner and antenna isn’t such a good thing. I had a small airplane for a while (Piper Warrior II) and...
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Michael Hopkins
mhopkins735
Feb 1, 2011 7:52 pm
Yeah, but transmitting and receiving patterns are typically reciprocal --- a directional transmitting antenna will also be a directional receiving antenna…....
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 1, 2011 8:17 pm
If that was the case then I would not be able to recieve signals from a yagi antenna using a omni-directional antenna... In the same light, a Southwest Jet...
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 1, 2011 8:18 pm
Imagine working 2 meters from the space shuttle... ... From: "Michael Hopkins" <mhopkins735@...> To: <BCD396XT@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011...
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Alex
agcme2002
Feb 2, 2011 3:20 pm
No antenna (except for a dish and not quite that even) is perfectly directional. There are lobes all around every type of antenna including a Yagi-Uda, log...
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Les Shew
lsa712
Feb 2, 2011 8:17 pm
What is the name or designation for "hard line ?" Is LMR-600 the same as "hard line ?" I was asking because I saw some at construction project - specifically...
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Bob Burns W9RXR
w9rxr
Feb 2, 2011 10:30 pm
... Andrew Heliax is a common brand name for hardline. And it's not really hard because the shield is a corrugated copper tube so it has some flexibility. The...
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Clark Rennie
cerennie2000
Feb 2, 2011 11:53 pm
Isn't there some Yahoo Antenna group that would be more appropriate for this subject as it's getting more off topic for Uniden BCD396XTs ? Clark...
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Jeffry Rehm
rehmj...
Feb 3, 2011 1:01 am
There is a group for that. It is "newscannerantenna". And it is a Yahoo group. Â ... From: Clark Rennie <c.rennie1@...> Subject: RE: [BCD396XT] Re:...
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johnstark
inscan43
Feb 3, 2011 2:56 am
How is antenna's and coax off topic? Last I heard both are required (depending on setup regarding coax) for scanners to hear what you want to hear. So it...
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Lance Star
milcom_chaser
Feb 3, 2011 6:17 am
I feel like your trying to coax me off topic...LOL ... From: "johnstark" <johnstark@...> To: <BCD396XT@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011...
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David Klippel
n2mhi
Feb 3, 2011 12:19 pm
I think he was meaning that this group is supposed to be focused to 396XT issues not generic scanners topics at length that are better covered in other groups...
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John Harley
john396xt
Feb 6, 2011 10:22 pm
In my area, Montgomery County, Ohio, the TRS page on Radio Ref gives a few frequencies off the grid that are rebanding control channels. Still learning trunk...
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W4KRR
volcano33334
Feb 7, 2011 3:16 am
You don't need the new rebanded frequencies until the old ones stop working. Once they reband, you will have to add the new control channel frequencies and...
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Walter
kg4bvd
Feb 7, 2011 6:58 am
Hello Gentlemen, I am looking for the 2 serials for ARC396Pro V 3.2.004 Pro - and ARCXTPro V 1.5 Build 4, (Both take 2 "serials" actually "keys" , Key 1 and...
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dwC
dwc_vancouver
Feb 7, 2011 9:48 am
Hi Walter, How about using FreeScan instead? It's just as good or better than the Butel ARC and best of all it is FREE. http://www.scannow.org/ Cheers, dwC ......
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Feb 7, 2011 9:58 am
1. You need to contact Butel about this to get replacement keys. 2. Butel has a demo mode, so it will work for a period of time if you install it on a...
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Walter
kg4bvd
Feb 7, 2011 12:20 pm
I posted this in another group, so I will here also: For some reason, FreeScan AND Proscan can WILL NOT work on my PC for some reason!?!?!? I used to use it...
