That is what I am diong, and the scanner antenna has made  a differents
but as you say it is no general coverage receiver, but I am going to try
and find a longer antenna then what I have which covers from 25 MHz to 1.3
GHz with the best performance on the lower bands.





On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, John Miller wrote:

> Nothing yet,  just make up a small antenna for listening to them, that's all
> I've done for that that's worked. I made a small Dipole. When I use the UHF,
> and VHF bands again though, I need to switch back to the rubber duck.
> John Miller N1UMJ
> Owner: J E M Racing need sponsors and crew help
> to chat with me  AOL instant messenger JEMracing3
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: a better antenna forthe THF6A besides the rubber duck
>
>
> > What about the HF bands, what have you mostly done to make them better?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, John Miller wrote:
> >
> > > I have the comet one, sells for $47 about, a little expensive, but on
> 220
> > > and 440 it is a lot better and in some instances I notice an improvement
> on
> > > 2 meters and some other places too, I don't know the model number of it
> off
> > > hand but you can find it in the AES catalog on the web site, it's for 2,
> > > 220, and 440  it's the only one for those 3 bands. I hear there is
> another
> > > one too but I haven't tried that one yet and don't know who makes it.
> > > John Miller N1UMJ
> > > Owner: J E M Racing need sponsors and crew help
> > > to chat with me  AOL instant messenger JEMracing3
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:26 PM
> > > Subject: a better antenna forthe THF6A besides the rubber duck
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone.  I was just wondering what the best antenna is for the
> THF6A
> > > > besides the rubber uck, that is not out door?  Any thoughts would be
> > > > appreciated, and thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > >
>