Question about superscanner

[TonyV 225]

Hi I have put up a superscanner yesrurday and noticed it has noise on all directions but its a alot qiueter on the southeast side when pointed in that direction off that element. Is this normal I checked all cables and connections and there good. I also noticed it shows more swing and output power (pep) is this normal also??? This attenna seems to be kinda nice i got it with 3 extra control boxss for in the house with some other equipment. Any help on these questions will be appreciated Thanks......Tony......




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[Jay in the Mojave]

Hello TonyV 225:



The Super Scanner Antennas are kind of a neat antenna in the sense you can find where stations are coming from in a instant.



They don't have a lot of rejection as compared to say a Moonraker or PDL-II, or Yagi Beam Antennas. But do have enough rejection to show what basic direction a signal is coming from.



It maybe possible that the antenna is receiving some sort noise from some local near by source, from the northwest direction.



You might have a local mobile station drive around in a circle around your station, and verify the S-Meters readings are pretty close as the mobile station is driving around in all directions, especially in the southeast directions.



I had my scanner antenna always pointed west to allow hearing stations in the valley, while this rejected the skip stations coming out of the east.



One of the modifications I always wanted to do the Super Scanner Antennas was to, add on Current Baluns between the coax and the three elements, and replace the RG-58C Coax with RG142 (Teflon type Coax). This would in my thinking reduce some interference to home electronics, and make for a cleaner pattern. As I am sure the Scanner Antenna is over 30 years old.



Jay in the Mojave



www.a1antennas.com


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