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</head><body><div class="io-ox-signature"><p>Dear all,<br></p><p>This may seem a stupid question to some of you but I think it needs to be asked - what is the optimum length for an aerial for a scanner receiving VHF communications i.e. the ESA and ESB bands.</p><p>Obviously, it needs to be longer than a UHF aerial but what is the ideal length. I’ve used aerials of various lengths on my scanners and with VHF I find the longer the aerial the worse the reception after about two metres - in other words bigger is not better!</p><p>But I’m sure there is someone on here who can tell me the perfect length and the reason for it.</p><p>Cheers and thanks for your help.</p><p>Grunter1.</p></div></body></html>