Will this work for UHF vhf ham bands as well as a scanner up to 900 MHz . Will be transmitting only vhf and UHF. Thx!!
245630
Brady, I am using a much shorter length of RG-8X on my VHF/UHF rig. But I believe the 100 foot length should work for you. Ken
245631
Go to the ARRL Ham site and get the correct answer...I don't think RG8X will workwell on UHF frequencies ,, AL
245632
Go to the ARRL Ham site and get the correct answer...I don't think RG8X will work well on UHF frequencies ,, AL
245633
YES! !500 watts maximum. Pretty good cable. Not to be burried. Open air only. Burried type cable =$$$$$ Big bucks. Concur with #1 Response concerning UHF.
245634
I believe using 100 feet of it might be somewhat lossy on UHF and VHF, I use a short length(6ft) for a handytalky dual bander antenna in my bedroom, if I were to mount on top of the roof, I'd get the larger(not rg58 lol) and better coax to go vhf/uhf with that long of a run. Quality coax is like quality tools, work better/last longer. I suggest a quick call to HRO and get their advice.
245635
I'm not sure. It is rated at 50 ohms. It is compatible with RG 8 u is a little thicker than RG58 u-by about a couple of centimeters. You have to trim the outer insulation or drill the adapter for the 259 coupler. Hope this helps. It is good on 10 & 11 meter.
245636
Hi. I've used on 144 mhz with no problem at all. I believe it will work fine at 900 mhz also. Have fun.
1006132
most police, etc, are on UHF or vhf not covered by these kinds of receivers. you need to research the broadcasts you are interested in (there are books and web sites for that) and then buy a radio made for those bands, more than likely a scanner. good luck. there are lots of interesting things on the bands this radio covers.
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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
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This antenna will -not- work very well at all for AM/FM... size is the key... Shorter antenna beams (the wires forming the "bow tie") indicate higher frequencies. This is a UHF antenna (around 470 to 800 MHz), whereas FM is between VHF channels 6 and 7 (88 to 110 MHz) and AM is on the order of a megaHertz (0.59 MHz to 1.6 MHz). This antenna's beams are about 1/6th the length you'd want for FM, and about 1/500th the length you'd want for AM. For FM you could try a cheap set of TV rabbit ears (or two 30-inch pieces of bare wire).
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I would be very interested in a work around for this as well... would you be able to add a "combining splitter" (?) that would channel both a uhf antenna and a separate vhf antenna coax cables into single coax cable to the TV or Digital tuner?... that's the only thing I could think of, but I have no idea if it would work...
2110976
You can but it also has limited UHF reach. I can pull in my UHF stations with this antenna.it is the VHF which are harder to get and this antenna addressed that problem.
2112448
Yes Section 5 of the users manual says "Can this antenna work with Analoguetransmissions?Yes, this antenna can receive analoguetelevision broadcasts in the UHF and VHFbandwidths."
495444
Why would their tech support say that when the product specs say "Improves UHF/VHF/FM antenna reception"? Either the tech support person or marketing is saying something false, and I'd sure like to know which.
1091478
Yep, Christine, it will tackle both frequency ranges. It is no different in it basic design parameters than the old rabbit ears from back in the television stone ages. Back when we had to bang rocks together to change the channels. It is just neater looking. Remember, UHF is more line of sight than VHF, so they can be blocked easier by, hills, buildings, trees, etc than VHF.
2112447
Yes Section 5 of the users manual says "Can this antenna work with Analogue transmissions? Yes, this antenna can receive analogue television broadcasts in the UHF and VHF bandwidths."
1091479
it will not pick up VHF channels with a tower within 2 miles of my home and no tall buildings, seems to work for UHF. but if you want both buy something else!
1839191
The 36 db high Performance works then doesn't work. I had 2 of them and threw them away. A preamp close to a TV antenna works well. However, VHF channels are hard to receive at a distance.
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.
530376
This antenna is tuned for VHF (Marine Band) and not HF (CB Band), so if used for CB it would have high SWRs and not be very efficient. Good chance it could harm your CB radio. I wouldn't use it on my CB.
1413315
This antenna will -not- work very well at all for AM/FM... size is the key... Shorter antenna beams (the wires forming the "bow tie") indicate higher frequencies.This is a UHF antenna (around 470 to 800 MHz), whereas FM is between VHF channels 6 and 7 (88 to 110 MHz) and AM is on the order of a megaHertz (0.59 MHz to 1.6 MHz).This antenna's beams are about 1/6th the length you'd want for FM, and about 1/500th the length you'd want for AM.For FM you could try a cheap set of TV rabbit ears (or two 30-inch pieces of bare wire).
2121991
It's rated as a UHF-only antenna. However, it is possible to pick up upper-VHF stations, just not with the same gain as the UHF stations. For example, I can pick up a local real-channel 11 station that's about 40 miles away using this antenna. If your VHF stations are much farther than 40 miles, or if they are below real-channel 10, this antenna probably won't pick those up very well.
54720
I have used this meter for my Ham radio on the HF bands (160 thru 10 meters). It might work on the VHF bands but would be very inaccurate. It will read field strength on 2 meters, as it has registered on the meter using my 2 meter HT. Hope this helps. For the price it is usable, but the accuracy is not great. If used to tune an antenna to minimum VSWR it will work, but the power out it reads will not be that accurate.