[TheList] 75.3500 Mhz reception issues

Sun Aug 23 10:48:39 AEST 2020

Firstly ditch the BCT15X - they are not good on 75mhz and can get 
overloaded, look at something like the UBC355XLT instead which already 
has most of the NZ police, fire and ambo frequencies programmed in it
Then get or build a whip antenna approx 102cm long into a big magnetic 
base so that it can stand up without the need of a steel something to 
stick to (has enough weight to support itself)


On 23/08/2020 12:08 pm, Dan News wrote:
> I've posted this before, but am keen to tackle it once and for all.
>
> I can get Waikato Rural here in central Auckland, but only from a very 
> fidgety wire cable aerial when placed on certain angles around my 
> bedroom..... not ideal. And, only on a handheld scanner, not on my BCT15X.
>
> Nowhere else, even outside on the balcony seems to receive it at all, 
> neither does the outdoor shared TV aerial for the apartments.
>
> I'd like to have it so its set up and always on rather than posing 
> like a christmas tree each evening to try and get a signal, only to 
> lose it as soon as I let go of the cable (that's one other thing, is 
> my body "giving it what it needs" so to speak in order to receive the 
> signal?).
>
> Would something like this help?
> https://www.jaycar.co.nz/slimline-indoor-uhf-vhf-antenna-with-signal-meter/p/LT3158 
> <https://www.jaycar.co.nz/slimline-indoor-uhf-vhf-antenna-with-signal-meter/p/LT3158>
>
> Any sort of external roof antenna is out of the question, and my 
> apartment faces north, so think that may be a factor also?
>
> Please get in touch oh wise ones!
>
> Dan
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