Scanmaster desktop wideband scanner antenna

#Scanmaster desktop wideband scanner antenna free

15$ nine 5 foot shark bite thin flex pvc pipes (these give the wire weather proofing and help support it a bit from flexing).1$ pvc cap and a pvc threaded bushing (make sure these two fit together and have enough room for your copper disc inside!).12 or 10 guage solid copper electrical wire (romex is good and straight but buy the shortest length you can measuring for the disc length and number of radials).1$ two copper plumbing caps (these maybe hard to find but keep looking you want the paper thin flat ones).5$ fm trap (this is optional) but where i live i have an fm station broadcasting so close that i don't even need an antenna on my home theater receiver, so this cuts out the high power 88-108mhz to prevent over driving your signal but its not strictly necessary.this really is a necessary thing but depending on your situation you maybe able to compromise If the antenna is going to be the highest part of your structure you really need to be super careful with lighting, mine is way above my roof on a mountain top and i get a lot of lightning in the summer months. RG-6 quad shield coax (this can be terribly overpriced so look around for a high quality one and try to figure out exactly how much you need).*the one i bought is round and fits in perfectly so shop around and keep this in mind when choosing you mast supports However since this attaches right to the top of the antenna so it maybe too thick for the support pipe so you will have to gauge which diameter of pipe you need and perhaps file down the edges of the amp to make it fit (optional but strongly recommended!) unless your receiver is extremely close (possible with dongles but durability and grounding from interference is questionable) you really need an amp as the discone has no gain and you will lose most of your signal, unless you go crazy with expensive low loss coax. 8$ rtlsdr stick (optional, if you have one already or have another radio to use).5$ pl259 to f adapter (you may not be able to find this so instead get a pl-259 plug and crimp a short length of rg6 to it).4$ so-239 chassis plug plug (radioshack quality isn't the best, I'm using it now and it seems to be fine but if you can buy the better one).

#Scanmaster desktop wideband scanner antenna free

6$ large roll of solder (get one that has some thickness to it not the thin stuff for electronics, also make sure its not the lead free stuff trust me).