should start seeing some cheaper scanners soon around the globe, when all the police in the us are encrypted, YAY

Just stumbled across your channel. Just bought the STS-200. Are you still making videos?

Nice setup

I own the following scanners 3 SDS 100 1 SDS 200 1 536 2 996P2S 1 Home patrol 2 1 325 p25 1Trx 1 And many more Thanks for the video 😊

Hello great video what kind of radio is the radio fire radio

I use p25 auto b bnc😤 antenna 😩😩😩😷😷😷

Hi, what external receiver antenna can you recommend for my SONY AIR-8 radio? If I can easily make the said antenna, can you please give me the details? I plan to install the antenna on top of our steel water tank, which the antenna will have a height of about 50 feet from the ground. As a private pilot, I just want to monitor the airband frequency of 118-136 MHz.

doesn't an out door antenna give you more and better reception?

How are those hand-helds attached to the strut ?

300/frequency=length of antenna in meters. thats for a 1/4 wave antenna which would be what you want.

I have speaker wire alligator clip to my lampshades framing. Works great.

Are you seeing digital encryption in your area? I'm in SC and most are not encrypted. I mostly monitor 800 P25 for my local City, County and State. I have gained alot of knowledge from your channel. 🙂👍

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Do you have an amazing set up my friend

You can say that again I have so many Scanners my wife thinks I’m a lunatic but again it’s a hobby just like all my guitars it’s a hobby

Make a vhf dipole take 2 lengths of wire 19 inches long connect coax happy scanning 📶

Ok you say to choose an antenna for the specific frequencies you want to listen to, what if I like to listen to a variety of things and change often? Is there a one-for-most antenna? The rubber duck on my bc75 scanner seemed to pick up everything from CB all the way up to HAM in the 500s. Is there a better performer replacement that will still get that range

I live in also live In Arizona can you do a video on how to set up a frequency in Prescott Arizona. Prescott Tri-City.

What is the LCN find? in my area I have a UHF control channel that comes on when I have close call on. I think it might be Edacs? or maybe DMR all I have is the one frequency the CC and I think I can find the other channels in the FCC data base. Well the LCN find help find the other frequencies Can I use discovery for that?

What antenna calculator you us

How do you know what frequency the p25 runs at

Got to do these demos on a Saturday night!

Excellent information, thank you 👍

Certainly is neat but I'm confused as to why you would do this with sentinel is already installed?

The only problem I see with running my antenna that came with my RadioShack pro-197 shorter for p-25 is in my scan list I also listen to air bands, it would be kinda annoying to have to extend and collapse the antenna every time I wanted to listen to a certain band, however your video was very informative so thank you for posting it!

Why multiple scanners 1 will scan everything wont it ???

Does it even matter how thin the antenna is? Can it be a thin wire on a spool that you unwind?

I had an SDS200 but sold it and moved to an XTL5000 and an APX8000 to non affiliate scan for the valley systems. And my 8k allows me to use it for ham which is nice.

Great info you have given , thank you!

ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AS MUD!!!!!

I took a 102" steel cb whip that was damaged on the end, cut it down to 36", installed it outside on a mount, used adapters to attach rg6 coax to it and run it inside to a ws1065 scanner. I pick up p25 and fm broadcasts. But could I do better?, all stations I have installed are local and static free and real clear. I want a good setup without spending a lot as I am on a fixed income. thanks and great video.

Hi, love the set-up. Your my new best friend. Im a licensed ham I use my 2m 70 cm ham antenna, pics up aircraft, and fm they are close on the band chart. What I don't get is I have a ittty bitty antenna on a baofeng uv5 r. Im in jersey and I pick up NYPD like they are across the street not the river. Same on my old radio shack pro 33.i have a Whistler trx-1 and I can't even figure out how to turn it on!!!!! Maybe u can do a vid on digital. Great work

I am just getting a Bearcat BCD996P2 and I'm trying to figure out the antenna situation. I'm in the metro phx area and will be scanning my alarm room, Mesa Regional Dispatch, & Phx Regional Dispatch, along w/ various PD. I know we use 800mHz trunked for Mesa. What kind of antenna is good for this? I have no clue.

What is a good GPS for the Uniden home patrol 2 I'm going on the road

Really does NOT have to be that complicated. I use a DIY Dual Stacked DTV Antenna that was left next door at RV Business.It is well designed with Solid Aluminum Radials,two sets stacked Vertically. Picks up ALL Air Traffic,460 Mhz Range,161 Mhz Range,Weather,etc with no probs.I have an Xtreme 1 to 8 Amp on it to feed 4-5 Scanners & 2-3 TVs.Lots of TV antennas will work well with a good bit of what's out there.JUst always get antenna up high as possible & outside if possibleJust never know until you try it.

I've tested that steel whip nmo antenna you showed on a mobile set up. Not the greatest as you've said. I love the Larsens, one of which I'll be testing is the new one with spring base advertised closer to frequencies I wish to receive better in Pinal/Maricopa counties per radio reference. I opted to use that cb/scanner hybrid on the market. Keep the ears open fellow east valley resident!

I cannot locate the folder in which Favorites Lists are shared. Windows 10. Lenovo T570. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

If you know a licensed ham radio operator they can help you to match an antenna to the frequencies you listen to. I monitor railroads only. I made an antenna that is cut to two meter 1/4 wave length. Don’t skimp on your antenna or the coax. A good antenna will increase your sound quality and distance from the transmitter tower.

I really don’t understand how you are going to use System ID, site ID, wacn and NAC after the analyze function reads them out from radio signal? Do you make a new FL list in your radio scanner and fill them in? Would it be possible for you to make a video to explain how to use these information?

What is the best antenna to get for the uniden homepatrol 2

I live in Phoenix Arizona also what side of town do you live on to pick up the 800 Maryvale Precinct area???

what antenna for bc75xlt

Outstanding explanation on handheld antennas. My name is Anthony. I have been a communication scanner for over 50 years. I have owned everything from rotary-dial transistor radio scanners to crystal to programmable digital radios of today. Your information on what type of antennas and their lengths are outstanding. Scanning can get a little expensive, but once you find tune you're radios with a specific antenna you will enjoy the hell out of this hobby SCANNING. MAY THE SCANNING BE WITH U. 🐢🇺🇸📻🐢🇺🇸📻🐢🇺🇸📻

I am confused why u put these radios in ur home and who speak from these are u police officer or any...

Wow my friend you have a nice you have a nice toy section ill be one of those old guys with rare hobbies just like u lol

Use the best proper coax you can get, and ground the coax to a copper grounding rod outside in the earth, if that's not possible, find something that is. But you know. A tuned antenna is better, but limited, as compared to a wideband antenna. I select an antenna appropriate to the frequency that is most important to listen to.

Great informative video! I've owned a P25 scanner(pro-2096) for over a decade to listen to local law enforcement and never knew that I shouldn't have the antenna (stock) extended all the way for better reception. I'm going to retract it and see if that helps. Thanks man!

i like this modern design, and i would buy one in a second but $700 for a scanner? you guys are nuts! uniden is out of their minds charging the prices they do for scanners. the screen is just waaay to busy as well its all jumbled up.