hemmylane52

I was recently thinking about getting a police scanner. I never listen to the radio, so i was thinking, if i feel like listening to something other than my i pod, I could listen to this. My question is if i could disconnect the raadio antenna wire from my head unit and connect it up to the police scanner and have it find the signals through that. Does anyone know if I could do this instead of buying the little portable antennas?

i8acobra

No. Scanner antennas are a tuned length, like a CB antenna. Also, the wire is all wrong.

sage

I think cars with those giant antennas look ridiculous.



Try one of these low profile ones https://www.scannermaster.com/Antennas_s/2.htm

hemmylane52

Yea i know that they have those little short ones, but i was just trying to see if i could set this system up without visibly seeing that extra antenna

Red Raspberry

The one I used was about a foot long and black. It was a through the glass two piece one too. Easy to set up. Not really something you noticed unless you were a truck driver.....

OTECTom

I want a four foot whip antenna for my radio, with a little flag at the top so I look like I'm driving around in a huge r/c car!

Stocker

The new ones use higher frequencies than old radio systems. Higher frequencies require shorter antennae. The new cop cars have little stubby things on the trunk vs. long whips for a reason. The real problem might be finding out the right kind, code, and series of frequencies and modulations they use at your local system. Then being able to afford a radio that can pull in the signal. Unless you live in a small town with a small budget, the radios are probably digital or about to be changed to digital.

hemmylane52

I do live in a small town, I'll have to look into that a little more. I believe my dad has a scanner setup now that i think of it, ill have to use him as a reference.

Bigwillystyle

I know here in australia they went to digital then came back... the range and reception issues became more of a saftey risk then the advantages of it being secret squirel comms.. They still use the digital for secret comms but also use the analog for normal comms.

OTECTom