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Enhance Your Scanner Reception with Tram 1199 Glass Mount All-Band Scanner Antenna in Silver Review

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AntennaRadio
BrandTram
ColorSilver

Description of Enhance Your Scanner Reception with Tram 1199 Glass Mount All-Band Scanner Antenna in Silver

28" glass mount. Center-loaded design with extra long whip for improving signal reception. Covers 25MHz–1,300MHz frequencies. 17ft coaxial cable with BNC connector. 28 inch glass mount. Center-loaded design with extra long whip for improving signal reception. Covers 25 mhz–13 MHz frequencies. 17-Feet Coaxial cable with Banc connector.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

TRAM 1199 Glass Mt All Band Scanner Antenna

I have an old Radio Shack broadband scanner in my car, made by Bearcat of course. I've tried using hidden antennas, magnetic mount antennas, car stereo splitters, etc. With another scanner, I found that some of the antennas mentioned worked reasonably well, but the scanner would not allow me to enter the channels I wanted to listen to. it would only seek and use those channels. I found the TRAM 1199 to be very easy to install and overall it seems to work very well. Some stations sound very…

Pros
  • Covers 25MHz to 1300MHz
Cons
  • Ugly Packaging

Revainrating 3 out of 5

But works fine.

The antenna itself works great. I was able to use it with a small handheld scanner and pick up signals over 20 miles away, which is impressive for where I live, but. The package arrived half crushed and it literally looked like someone had cut two boxes in half, made a triangle out of them and glued them badly. The tape on the antenna itself, the protective film was halfway removed, and it was almost gone. the glue stayed and it was almost as if it had been used before. The plastic pad that…

Pros
  • Covers 25-13MHz
Cons
  • Not bad, but...

Output will accept any interior car antenna. In addition to placing the antenna outside and above where it can pick up more RF energy, moving the antenna away from your car removes all of the computer noise that modern dashboards and other car electronics make. Just make sure you follow the installation instructions completely: 1 - Hold approximately 1 1/2 inches from the edge of the glass. 2 - Do not place above defrosting elements. 3 - Does not work with tinted materials or metal in glass. 4…

Pros
  • 17ft BNC coaxial cable
Cons
  • Slightly crumpled