Antenna ?

[spikebrian]

I bought my truck with a scanner in it never hooked up, i wired it up, and have a list of freq's/channels from a friend im going to program it with.
Here's the type i have.
http://www.scannermaster.com/Uniden_Bearcat_BC350C_Scanner_p/01-500851.htm

What kind of antenna will i need to hook up to this to receive some signals?, will a shorty be good enough? i've never messed with scanners or cb's.

would something like this be good enough?
http://www.scannermaster.com/GRE_800_MHz_Flex_Angle_Antenna_p/30-541239.htm

sorry im a newbie with this stuff lol.

 

[strvger]

the antenna in the link won't let you hear all the frequencies your scanner covers, only the 800 MHz band. in the scanner link, below it there is a low profile antenna listed for $35. i'd go with something like that so you can receive all the frequencies from the scanner.

 

[spikebrian]

the antenna in the link won't let you hear all the frequencies your scanner covers, only the 800 MHz band. in the scanner link, below it there is a low profile antenna listed for $35. i'd go with something like that so you can receive all the frequencies from the scanner.

I'm tryin to go with something that i won't have to mount on the truck, if i have to I want to just use the stock antenna location, would there be a way to run the scanner and fm radio off of 1 antenna? i don't use fm radio very much but would like the option, or if there's a compact sort of antenna for inside the truck, sorry have some peeps around my neighborhood that like to steal things(damn people) would like to keep it as clean as possible.

 

[strvger]

there are some converters for both scanner frequencies and am/fm radio antennas. try looking on ebay,

http://electronics.shop.ebay.com/Scanners-/40979/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

that would be a good place to start. good luck!

ps, i just typed in "antenna adapter" on that link page and there are several listed there that should fit your needs.