Is there an extendable antenna for these? It seems (from my experience -and location- extended antennas are better than duckies )
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Yes. Your best bet is to get a Diamond SRJ77CA antenna. It's about $20 - $25, but hook him up with this radio, and it's a great combo!
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dearthe nogaya NA-773 maybe suit for your .this antenna is also dual band.thank you
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Yes there is. It is about 17" long and it really makes a difference. I have one. I also don't know the name of it, but it is worth cost. Range is greatly improved.
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Try connecting a cord to line-in or the headphone jack (even if nothing is connected to them). This can apparently act as an antenna to improve reception.
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I live in a smaller town and I can receive signals that are probably 55 miles away in different directions. I had a more expensive antenna and it didn't perform near as well. Because these are antenas, I have found placing them near a window and at a higher level on shelf above tv extends their distance ability.
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Yes. You can buy different types of antenna (omni-direction and yagi) and signal boosters. Check www.wpsantennas.com or www.alternativewireless.com for more product information. Amazon sells some products too. Or look for a local electronics store that sells these products.
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That is the CB I'm using with it. You remove the rubber duckie, and attach the coax. It seems to me that having some sort of plug for the duckie mount would be nice, but you're on your own there.
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Bills, Unfortunately I do not know of any extensions for Sirius/ XM car antennas. They make them for the home antennas but those will not work with the car antennas. I would contact the seller of this item and see if they know of a fix.
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They don't have to be extended at all. The customer I sold this to has the receiving unit behind a closed cabinet door with the antenna as small as it can be, and the transmitting unit out in the open with antenna extended. It works fine. I have another customer that's been using these about 4 yrs. now in a professional office without any problems.
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The last one I bought has a female voice and a rubber duck antenna on an SMA connector. Signal quality at the receivers was very poor so I replaced the rubber duckie with an 18.5" antenna whip made from 0.039" piano wire. That fixed the poor signal quality issue. Bad move on the part of Dakota Alert to switch to such a poor antenna. I spoke to tech support and they tried telling me that the rubber duckie antenna was as good as the older telescopic antenna! Yea right...
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Maybe a couple if you have a strong signal but there is no built in antenna if that's what you meant. You can buy very good inexpensive antennas on amazon (check their reviews first)
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I agree. I bought a better antenna and it works as good as any handheld I've had or had experience with. WELL worth the money!
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I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I am wondering the same thing - did you ever find an antenna that works? Thanks!
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This is more a base-station type of antenna. I suggest you look into a mobile antenna which has some gain.
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I've had mine for over a year...works better than the stock "Rubber Duck" antenna.
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I used a plain old fashioned cheapie kind and it works fine. (I got it here at Amazon - an RCA that cost about 10 bucks.) No such thing as a "digital" antenna.This one: RCA Indoor FM and HDTV Antenna
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I am currently using them (I have 3 together) with a antenna direct db8. Works good.
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I purchased 3 NAGOYA antenna from the seller Hypario, they are all factory in the bag perfectly new and work great. It will take a few seconds with the longer antenna to get used to, not poking you're self in the eye, LOL
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No they are not; at least, not without opening up the case. They are not the standard replaceable external antennas.