Difference between revisions of "Scanner Accessories"

Revision as of 21:15, 25 November 2020

Powering Your Scanner

See this article to check out all the ways of supplying power to your scanner

Filters

For those living in urban areas, putting up a good antenna (with the proper coax) can cause overloading. Sometimes this overloading shows up as pagers and other unwanted signals showing up in places where you don't want to hear them. These links show a few manufacturers that make filters for specific problem areas of the spectrum;

Preamps/Splitters

A preamp should only be considered after the antenna and coax has been improved as much as possible.
Angle Linear
AR2 Communications Products
Digital Loggers Wideband RF Multicoupler
- Digital logger discussion
ElectroLine Drop Amps
RF Bay Inc.
Scanner Master amplifiers
Stridsberg Engineering products
- Amplifiers
- Multicouplers

Scanner Mounts

Scanner Stands

Nifty! HT Radio Desk Stand

Speakers

Carry Cases for handhelds

Headphones

Bluetooth Wireless Headsets

New Bluetooth Technology for radios!

I have discovered a company with new Bluetooth Technology that is perfect for scanner monitoring, two-way radio use AND simultaneously connects to cellular telephone Bluetooth! You can use it with your scanner and/or two-way radio together or separately and everything is controlled via a single Bluetooth ear set. It allows for full function cell phone voice commands as well. Check it out at: [1]

Cables and connector adapters

Belt and Swivel Clips

Huge selection of clips

Remote Scanner Heads

Compression tools and connectors for various cables

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 See this [[Powering Your Scanner|article]] to check out all the ways of supplying power to your scanner
-==Other Scanner Accessories==
-The place to come and find accessories for your scanners.
+==Filters==
-<br>
+For those living in urban areas, putting up a good antenna (with the proper coax) can cause overloading. Sometimes this overloading shows up as pagers and other unwanted signals showing up in places where you don't want to hear them. These links show a few manufacturers that make filters for specific problem areas of the spectrum;
-For filters to reduce or eliminate interference from other services, please see our [[Milcom_Receiving_Equipment#Filters|Filters]] subsection on the Milcom Receiving Equipment article
+* [http://www.iceradioproducts.com/filtersrf.html ICE Filters Page]
+* [http://www.parelectronics.com/ Par Electronics]
+* [http://www.scannermaster.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=39 Scanner Master Filters page]
+* [http://www.stridsbergeng.com/filters.html Stridsberg Engineering Filters]
+==Preamps/Splitters==
+* A preamp should only be considered '''after''' the antenna and coax has been improved as much as possible.
+* [http://www.anglelinear.com/ Angle Linear]
+* [http://www.advancedreceiver.com/index.html AR2 Communications Products]
+* [http://www.digital-loggers.com/multi.html Digital Loggers Wideband RF Multicoupler]
+**[http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110729&highlight=multicoupler Digital logger discussion]
+* [https://electroline.com/products/drop-amplifiers/ ElectroLine Drop Amps]
+* [http://www.rfbayinc.com/ RF Bay Inc.]
+* [http://www.scannermaster.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=45 Scanner Master amplifiers]
+* Stridsberg Engineering products
+**[http://www.stridsbergeng.com/preamp.html Amplifiers]
+**[http://www.stridsbergeng.com/multicouplers.html Multicouplers]
 ==Scanner Mounts==