i just recently purchased a uniden bc246t scanner and will use it for both in my house and in my truck. now the question(s) i have is 1.) do i need a mobile antenna to use for in use in my truck and if so what antenna should i get. 2.) is the rubber antenna that it comes with good for mobile situations? i am new to the whole scanner business being in a vehicle. my dad has had a radio shack scanner for a few years that is awesome but only uses it for in the house.
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mobile antenna for handheld scanner
- Thread starter dway87
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dway87,
The 'Undertaker' is right, the existing antenna will probably work just fine. And as always, an antenna longer/higher would probably work 'better' for the weaker stations. As in some kind'a antenna not inside the metal of the vehicle, doesn't need to be anything special at all. The thing to do is try the antenna on the scanner. If it does what you want, why bother getting something else?
- 'Doc
The 'Undertaker' is right, the existing antenna will probably work just fine. And as always, an antenna longer/higher would probably work 'better' for the weaker stations. As in some kind'a antenna not inside the metal of the vehicle, doesn't need to be anything special at all. The thing to do is try the antenna on the scanner. If it does what you want, why bother getting something else?
- 'Doc
Over the 30+ years of being stuck to a scanner(Former tow truck driver), I've found that the rubber ducks work 85% of the time. For the vehicles that the duck wouldn't work in, I found a simple piece of wire laid across the dash at the base of the windshield then stuck into the scanner where the antenna would mount worked GREAT!
