can this be used ?

[chief1562]

A friend of mine lives in a valley and was wondering if he could use his old Directv dish to get better reception on his scanner?


He doesn't have digital just conventional.

 

[Jarred J.]

tell him to buy a discone antenna

 

[Steve0625]

A friend of mine lives in a valley and was wondering if he could use his old Directv dish to get better reception on his scanner?
He doesn't have digital just conventional.

Satellite dishes work on very different principles from standard radio reception antennas. He'd be much better off mounting a standard VHF/UHF/800 base scanner antenna up on the roof of his home and running some decent coax down to the scanner. RG-8 at a minimum and stay away from RG-58.