Will this device help me hear &amp; receive clearer scanner frequencies coming in from my outdoor scanner antenna through a coaxial cable?
298058
Only if your lack of signal clarite is due to a ground looping itself through the circuit. If your signal is bad just because you are out of range then no, it will not help.
909771
I dont see any reason why that wouldn't work, as long as you combine the signal before you have the tv scan all the available frequency's its seeing. Get a good quality pre amp and Make sure you get a good tight coax connection to the back of the tv and you should be well on your way to free tv!
19328
http://www.wearecb.com/cb-antenna-ground-plane.html This link may help how a ground plane kit enhances your signal output
732792
Yes on scan,n yes if on analog transmit works great on narrowband frequncies.
774029
I can't address all the techie issues about this antenna, but it work just fine with my scanner. I've had one for two years or so and I bring in signal from 75+ miles away in the two meter range and beyond, 136- 160+mhz. Uhf comes in fine. A local, with in 40 miles, uses Uhf 400, 460mkz range and it blows in, 5x5. So my answer to your question is , yes it does a great job, a great job seeing as how I live in a very rural area.
1947207
If the signal that you're trying to receive is decent or at least ok and it is the receiver that you're having a problem with yes the antenna will help you but remember if the signal is noisy the amplified antenna will probably be just be amplifying noise I hope this helped... Hauser
7489
You have to get a splitter to connect to the cable and then to the radio. So your radio has to have an external hard-wire antenna connection for this to work. It should improve the reception given that you are reasonably pointed to the radio tower with line of sight. Good luck.
462826
Yes, but more important is a good preamplifier at the antenna, regardless of which cable type you use.
845624
Yep It should improve your signal ... I use it on a outdoor antenna that is 50 ft from my house.... I went from 2 stations to 25 when i hooked it up.
221513
Any good scanner antenna designed to cover the frequencies you want to listen to will work great. A discone will cover a large frequency spread and work well. There are a number of good quality commercial multi band scanner antennas which have great performance. Try to get the antenna as high as you can, use good quality coax, the longer the run the better quality you should use to reduce loss in the coax.
567367
only if you use alternate software. look up sdrsharp. i have picked up transmissions from 28 mhz up to 800 mhz but this will work well outside that range i just don't have the antennas to pick up the lower frequiencies. hope this helps
625045
Not necessarily. Found that my problem was not related to cable per se and hence, I did not need this ground isolator. It was picking up interference from a cheap "f" coupler that connected two pieces of RG6 coax. "F" connections have to be rock solid. Use only pressure connectors.
761727
unit improves cable tv signal in other room about 40 feet away from cable box. I would think it would also help fm reception since it increases the db signal.
1561523
if you have metal siding, no. otherwise yes, but it will work only as well (maybe slightly better) as the antenna that sticks up from the back of any base station type scanner. However, if you have a multi-story home, placing this upstairs while having your scanner downstairs should help reception.
1942246
yes it would work for that, but youd want to be able to access the individual conductors to get a clear tone from the probe, if the wires are all inside insulation it will give you a reading but it might take a few goes to be 100% sure.
1953112
Official answer: No. This device will pass UHF frequencies on the UHF port and VHF signals on the VHF port and each port will attenuate the opposite band's signals by an amount greater than 25-30 dB (which is what it is supposed to do). It it NOT intended to combine multi-band antennas (UHF and VHF), a simple two-port splitter will do that although it will produce uncertain and variable results. Antennas Direct Tech Support
1654638
Yes. Just turn up the squelch to drown out the static and hit scan. It can pick up signal from quite far out.