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Police scanners have become popular accessories for people interested in following police activity in their neighborhood. You can build your own antenna for a VHF/UHF scanner using very basic materials and with a minimum of work that will work just as well as any store-bought model.

November 10, 2017 - Attach the braided wire from your ... securely Attach the connector for your scanner to the other end of the coax using what ever lenght is apprioapate Use as short a lenght of coax as pratical to achieve best reception. Tape the antenna horizontally in a window or exterior wall,plug ...

September 16, 2008 - I'm looking to make something cheap that will boost my signal better than the little telescopic antenna on the back of my uniden scanner. I'm planning on goining out the window of my garage and up about 20 feet. Would this antenna work better than the little telescopic??? Any suggestions are...

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April 12, 2017 - Working with antennas has long been an exciting hobby both for the novice and the expert. Whether you are building one from a kit or from items laying around the house, you're sure to have a great time and learn in the process. Knowing how to build a multiband scanner antenna for UHF, VHF and ...

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October 27, 2017 - Easy External Scanner Antenna for Police, Fire, and EMS: Here is an easy little project for an external scanner antenna with a few parts from the junk bin. This antenna is fine for somewhat local stations; for distant station scanning a tuned J-Pole or dipole antenna would work much better. An…

August 18, 2020 - My house acts like a Faraday cage, I'm lucky to get one bar of cell service inside. I'm looking for a way to set my scanner up at home, and receive a good amount of signals, until I finally get my discone antenna. I may even leave it up after the antenna gets here, for local chatter. Any...

August 13, 2007 - General scanning discussion forum. Talk about anything to do with scanners, equipment, VHF/UHF reception and the art of catching those illusive signals! ... Many years ago, when I first started scanning ( with a Bearcat SX200 ) I longed for a Radco " Nest of Di-poles " antenna.

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July 2, 2008 - Anyone know of any good plans for a homebrew scanner base antenna? I'm mostly interested in 100-200mhz and 400-500mhz. I don't have a whole lot of space, so the smaller the better.

December 6, 2022 - To make a wideband scanner antenna, you will need a piece of copper tubing, a length of RG-6 coaxial cable, and a connector for the cable. First, cut the copper tubing to the desired length. Next, strip the insulation from the end of the RG-6 coaxial cable and attach the cable to the copper tubing. Finally, screw on the connector to the end of the cable. This DIY ...

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May 1, 2023 - The “antenna” is the 10ft aluminum conduit, the wire connects the antenna to my scanner. Wire is 3ft long and about 14 gauge wire with a Bnc connector. The rod is just stuck in the ground so I would assume earthed. Frequencies of interest are anything from 30-500 mhz.