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Climber
Posted on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Hello,
Do I need to buy a specific Scanner antenna or can I use this 11 meter Base Antenna?
Climber
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Highlander
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
You can use your 11 meter antenna for your scanner, but a scanner antenna would most likely give you better results in the higher bands. The VHF-LO band stuff `30-50 MHZ should come in quite well, less so with VHF-HI and UHF (150 MHZ and up). Your 11 meter antenna will definitely work better than a rubber duck or any other indoor antenna. BTW, 11 meter verticals make pretty good shortwave antennas, too.
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Viking
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
You could also hook up a tv antenna. It's receive only so it won't hurt anything.

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