Help setting up a antenna for digital scanner. Im lost here guys

[blackbeltrk]

Have you heard anything about this antenna here

Ferret 8 Band Base Antenna i wonder how it would perform? This their any sites that have reviews on antenna's from the users?

[Stealth Stalker]

That's the antenna I currently run at my house. Excellent performance on lo-band and hi-band VHF. Good performance on 800. Blows dead goats on UHF.

[blackbeltrk]

So you dont think this would be a very good antenna for digital 865mhz ?

[Stealth Stalker]

Not if you don't get it above the trees. It has no gain.

[Stealth Stalker]

The 9 inch, 4.5db gain antenna on the trunk of my car, parked next to the house, gets 800 much better than the Ferret up on the roof of the house.

[FlyinZX-10R]

darn, thats the antenna I was looking at. my local PD is in the 800 mhz block, along with the next city over. I can pick up both of them with the stock antenna though, so it might still work for me. My primary listening is in the 400's and 800's.

[blackbeltrk]

what does it mean when the antenna has gain or they put 6db. Is it the more gain the better the singal will be pull in ?

[Stealth Stalker]

Yeah, it's a complicated concept, but gain is a measurement of the ability of an antenna to concentrate a signal, effectively multiplying it's strength. More is better. Not all antennae have it. In fact, most scanner antennae do not. That's why I generally go with professional antennae whenever practical.