Railfan Technology > Pro-135

I have a Radio Shack Pro-135 scanner. My antenna has gone bad. Any websites I can purchase another good new antenna for my scanner? And I'm not looking for the black rubber coated one.

Posted from Android

Not sure what you're looking for if it's not a rubber coated ' Duck' antenna. Perhaps the 'telescoping antenna' with BNC connector? Just Googled 'telescoping antenna' and found a bunch of retail outlets, including amazon.

Are you sure it is just the antenna and not a broken connection inside the radio?  A bad solder joint is very common in older hand held radios.
 

DMC Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Are you sure it is just the antenna and not a
> broken connection inside the radio?  A bad solder
> joint is very common in older hand held radios.
>  
I had a handheld scanner in which part of the female BNC connector (the connector on the unit) had gotten loose, and did not make a good connection with the antenna. I bit of careful bending did the trick.

Ok, then in question, for a more modern scanner. What would be a very good choice to choose, but it's not expensive and comes with a BNC Telecoping Antenna already?

Our wide ranging discussions on TO seem to settle on the Uniden Bearcat BC125AT for a general purpose hobby scanner. Not to be confused with more complex hobby radios with more features that cost more money. btw this radio does not de-mod 'Digital' radio, but if you could de-mod your favorite RR last week then this will work next week.

https://udn.factoryoutletstore.com/details/52896/uniden-bc125at.html?category_id=51423&catalogitemid=51340

The telescoping antenna would be an additional purchase. Bearcat has a nominal tri-band antenna 'rubber duck' included.

Don't confuse the model numbers with some of the other radios in the product line, they just don't work the same. I don't have one of these radios but a number of people speak well of them. These are widely available and can be had at a lower price than shown in the link with a little on line shopping.

I'm one of those with the Uniden BC125AT and am very happy with it.  And I also use a telescoping antenna, bought from Radio Shack many years ago.  The combination works very well.  It even outperformed a friend's scanner with a "tuned" antenna, picking up transmissions while his radio remained silent.  I just checked and it's still available on Amazon for less than $100.

I will be going with the BC125AT scanner. Thanks to all for the recommendation.

WrongMain Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I'm one of those with the Uniden BC125AT and am
> very happy with it.  And I also use a telescoping
> antenna, bought from Radio Shack many years ago.
>  The combination works very well.  It even
> outperformed a friend's scanner with a "tuned"
> antenna, picking up transmissions while his radio
> remained silent.  I just checked and it's still
> available on Amazon for less than $100.


That's my combo as well...

When Radio Shack announced closing, I went there and bought extra antennas...:<)

Posted from Android