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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 611965" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>You and I probably have the same Uniden/Bearcat scanner; mine too is 20 Years Old! Mine works okay, but its sensitivity is not so good. About 30 Years ago I bought a specialized telescoping antenna for my previous pocket scanner that continues to pay dividends. It's unwieldy, but has some sort of load coil at the antenna's base that makes it sensitive to the railroad band. If I'm going to sit at one spot for a while, I put it on and the sensitivity of my scanner is hugely improved.</p><p></p><p>Last fall I met a fan who carried a BaoFeng BF-F8+ and I was really impressed. They're inexpensive and his was picking up all sorts of transmissions mine missed with my stock "rubber ducky" antenna.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 611965, member: 10543"] You and I probably have the same Uniden/Bearcat scanner; mine too is 20 Years Old! Mine works okay, but its sensitivity is not so good. About 30 Years ago I bought a specialized telescoping antenna for my previous pocket scanner that continues to pay dividends. It's unwieldy, but has some sort of load coil at the antenna's base that makes it sensitive to the railroad band. If I'm going to sit at one spot for a while, I put it on and the sensitivity of my scanner is hugely improved. Last fall I met a fan who carried a BaoFeng BF-F8+ and I was really impressed. They're inexpensive and his was picking up all sorts of transmissions mine missed with my stock "rubber ducky" antenna. [/QUOTE]
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