Centre Loaded Mag Mount Scanner Antenna

This antenna certainly does make a difference when it comes to bringing in weak signals over a simple telescopic aerial. I use it for the Marine Band, and can receive ships out to at least 30 miles. (the big ones anyway!) The base is a strong magnet with a rubber covering. It is simple enough to stick it on the car roof when required, and take it in again afterwards. I clearly was not intended to a permanent fixture. When used indoors I've noticed there is a significant increase in clarity when attached to a radiator. The antenna is 14" high, as it says in the description, and of course is the correct size for the frequencies it is designed to operate with. It works well with all VHF and UHF frequencies, but below about 50Mhz a receiver would be better off with a long wire or rod.

Very good, but wire is not long enough to rig around car. I have a small car and it will only reach the steering wheel when put on the roof at the back of the car - I also rigged it around the car to hide wires. The actual product is very good though, picks up a lot of signals and was much smaller than I expected. I am going to try and get an extension to allow me to put my scanner in my centred cup holder

This is a brilliant antenna which has a BNC connector and gives my GRECOM PSR-282 scanner exceptional performance. There is no problem clearly hearing the pilots in aircraft 30 miles away, plus clearly hearing the instructions given to them by the Air Traffic controllers. The magnetic base is small but very powerful. The connecting cable is much longer than the 2 metres that I expected, which makes it much easier to locate in a high position indoors on a wall unit, while I am sitting with my scanner a good 10 feet away. It was delivered in a bubble postal envelope by our normal postman the day after ordering, so it was easy for him to put through my letter box without having to knock on my door.

Decent enough I guess but to be honest I am a little disappointed. The connector, ( sorry I do not know the proper name, ) fits a lot looser than the one that came with my scanner, ( Grecom, PSR-295, ) this seems to affect the signal. When it is working well, it improves the clarity and the range, however when it is not working well, I only seem to be getting half the conversations sometimes, just the pilots, or just the controller. Other than the loose fitting, I can see no other reason for this, especially considering I have got both parts, ( though with less clarity, ) with the antenna that came with the scanner.The magnet is very good and the wire is around five metres in length, which is good at least.

I bought this antenna to replace to standard rubber duck which came with my Uniden Bearcat BC92XLT, and the instant improvement was very noticeable. I currently have it mounted in my loft stuck to a fan being stored in there with the magnet (basic I know, but it works!).With the standard rubber duck I could pick up some aircraft above but not very many (I use it mostly for air band), but since attaching this new antenna, I can pick up all aircraft in the area and even Bristol tower too even though I live around 10 miles away on the complete opposite side of the city, so I was very surprised (and happy too) when I found I could pick up the transmissions coming from the tower and ground traffic. I've only recently started getting into scanning so didn't want to spend too much straight away so this was perfect for me. The value is great for the range it provides. The wire which is attached is very long too so you could mount it on your car roof and have lots of wire to around the car to the place where your scanner would be placed. My wire goes from my loft to my bedroom at the moment so that just shows how long the wire really is!So in summary, good value, great range and perfect for anyone just starting out (or more frequent users of course). I highly recommend it to anyone.

Great, Did what it was supposed to do and worked a lot better than the stock little antenna I had that came with my radio. Bought a few years back, but in a lot of ways I think thats the best way to review something. No good reviewing something after 5 mins of having it delivered like a lot of people will do. This thing has lasted the test of time and still gets used. Cant give a better working review than that,

This little mag mount antenna works well on a car or with some other effective ground plane. Useful if you park up to listen to aircraft or marine band. Not really safe to use on moving car.

About 18" in height, small plastic covefred magnet in the base, the magnet itself is fully enclosed, so no scratching metal work. But I still use a small handkerchief or one of those lens cleaner cloths. The cable is very long, just over 17 foot of it (roughly).I use it maily - almost exclusively - for picking up aircraft transmissions either at home or at airfields. The range is excellent, although like all antenna work on a line of sight principle, so the higher and less obstructed the better. For instance, from Denham airfiled I can pick up transmissions from aircraft at Blackbushe, but not Blackbushe ground. Although, having said that, sometimes I can.Attach to a large metal object (car roof), even a metal bracket in a wall and this will enhance the reception.The whole thing is very light.Nice bit of kit and glad I bought it to go with my Uniden UBC 125XLT scanner.