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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 ...

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.

June 23, 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...

October 31, 2015 - Simple, cheap DIY radio scanner antenna (receive only, for police scanners)

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...

October 7, 2018 - Simple, cheap DIY radio scanner antenna (receive only, for police scanners)

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 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.

July 26, 2015 - eHam.net is a Web site dedicated to ham radio (amateur radio).

April 7, 2020 - I’ve been tempted to get a decent antenna for ages, and I decided to get something tuned to the airband as that’s what I predominantly listen to. I’m about 20 miles east of Heathrow and right under the flight path if they’re on westerlies. Despite being so close, the stock scanner antenna ...

Building antenna's has been a favourite part of ham radio (amateur radio) and electronics. Most antenna's can be built from items around the house and yet work just as well as store bought models.

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May 12, 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 ...

November 2, 2014 - Build A Simple VHF/UHF Scanner Antenna - A Police Scanner Antenna For The Price of Parts!

November 29, 2022 - 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.