inputs.text: nice antenna fills niche - like little antenna fills specialty role keep car antenna not poking around getting waya nice side effect smaller antenna cuts range people call negative hear live midwest small farming community surrounded small farming towns average towns 8 12 miles apart antenna program needed frequencies towns travel since range cut size antenna get benefit not hearing surrounding towns get close thehem not tehemporary lock channels keep thehem interfering range antenna travel town town picks next one halfway little overlap get home bring scanner inside put factory duck back factory duck pick quite bit farther great since farm middle 3 towns 8 miles awayi get 10 mile range channels fade scanner using bearcat bc125at found here[ [ asinb00772mr0k uniden bearcat 500 channel alpha numeric hand held radio scanner ctcss dcs bc125at ] ] carry larger spare bnc antenna truck times want receive bit farther part drive antenna attached