Aircraft band scanner antenna
Hi!
New to iRV2 forums. Here is the back story.
My buddy and I (both Tech license) attended Airventure this year and camped with the airplane. We are not doing that again! I had camped with the airplane before, but I must be old enough now that it just generally made us miserable. So, we bought a 5th wheel to rehab (K-Z 2850 Sportsmen with a bad roof).
Rehab is nearly complete. We have taken it camping s couple times with our families. So far, so good! Since it's primary mission is Oshkosh, we put a Bearcat scanner in it. Mounted a small 1/4 wave and the performance is dismal. Then it hit us...no ground plane native in a camper.
We want this mounted on the side, near roofline, without penetrating roof. A discone is probably a good choice, but hard to mount on side. Also concerned about how it would act in wind when towing. We don't want to erect it each time.
Thought about a marine VHF antenna, but they are in the 156-174Mhz range. We need 108-136Mhz. Or doesn't it matter that much?
Thoughts? What would be a good small antenna we could permanently mount that would give decent performance and not get torn apart when traveling down the road?
Thanks!
Chris
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