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Lloyd Leonard
Any suggestions for roof antenna for my car ( preferably with a suction cup)
I have a UNIDEN BC75XLT THANKS Lloyd Leonard
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Craig Scott
What frequencies are you trying to monitor, Lloyd? Craig
On Monday, June 29, 2020, 11:42:32 AM EDT, Lloyd Leonard <lleonard1978@...> wrote:
Any suggestions for roof antenna for my car ( preferably with a suction cup) I have a UNIDEN BC75XLT THANKS Lloyd Leonard
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Rich
it would help to know to what you want to listen. using a suction cup mount will severly limit your choices. for temporary antennas suggest you consider a mag mount. if you’re concerned about damage some folks will use one or two layers of plastic wrap between the car body and the mag mount. good, multi/all band mag mount antennas are not uncommon.
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Bill Edwards
For broad coverage with an easily removeable antenna, you can't beat an 18" whip on a mag mount. Doesn't have to be fancy. Just get 18" of wire sticking up in the air and you have a quarter wave antenna at 150 MHz which is also resonant at 450 and 750, and with enough range to dip down into the aircraft band and grab 850 MHz, too. There are dual-band and tri-band antennas available as well, but they add extra length, reduce wind resistance, and don't necessarily perform any better *for receiving* than an 18" whip. Bill E.
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Adam J <neon_lights2007@...>
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From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> on behalf of Bill Edwards <firemann57@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 12:09:22 PM To: main@uniden.groups.io <main@uniden.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Uniden] UNIDEN BC75XLT For broad coverage with an easily removeable antenna, you can't beat an 18" whip on a mag mount.
Doesn't have to be fancy. Just get 18" of wire sticking up in the air and you have a quarter wave antenna at 150 MHz which is also resonant at 450 and 750, and with enough range to dip down into the aircraft band and grab 850 MHz, too.
There are dual-band and tri-band antennas available as well, but they add extra length, reduce wind resistance, and don't necessarily perform any better *for receiving* than an 18" whip.
Bill E.
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Lloyd Leonard
160.545, 161.265, 160.995 M HZ
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don robinson
amtrack?
On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 02:56:40 PM PDT, Lloyd Leonard <lleonard1978@...> wrote:
160.545, 161.265, 160.995 M HZ
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Lloyd Leonard
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