Hacksaw Custom Drawing of The Custom RR Scanner Base Antenna in This Article (© Copyright 2015 1WP™) If more is needed later, purchase extra coax, & use a double female end connector to go between 2 PL259 ends. – Some RG58 or 59 coax cable w/ a PL259 end soldered on the end- length will vary- least 20 feet to make sure there is enough to reach inside a house/shack to the scanner radio. 1 PVC cap to fit over 1 end of that pipe About 5 – 6 ft of 1/2 – 3/4 ” diameter PVC pipe The kind WITHOUT the foam is better, but will still work.) About 52″ L of twin TV antenna flat ribbon lead (2 pieces of wire can be used w/ the coating, but for this project flat TV ribbon cable is used. This is not too critical, but does help in receiving results. This homemade antenna will be tuned to the middle of that band, at about 161.000 MHz. All main railroad radio channels are found in the FM VHF 159 MHZ – 161.565 MHz range. In this blog article, we will discuss how to build a railroad scanner base antenna do-it-yourself, for receiving railroad signals can be built, & tuned to the railroad frequency band for better receive results. Outdoor Scanner Base Antenna in PVC Example 1 (© Copyright 2015 1WP)
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