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a lot of people send me emails and comments asking what the best scanner is and what sort of antenna they should use i've also been asked if i'll do a beginner's guide to scanning as well so radio scanning boils down to three main things the scanner the antenna and whether you go digital or analog so let's quickly cover the digital side first you can't listen to the police anymore as they've migrated to a digital system there are many digital scanners on the market nowadays but while they receive many modes they do not allow you to listen to police communications more and more communications such as shop watches and security companies and migrate into digital systems as well that can usually be monitored with a digital scanner with minimum effort because the radio does all the work now there is still a hell of a lot to listen to on the analog side of things but you'll have to decide whether the more expensive digital scanner is worth the gamble in my opinion they really are an ideal beginner scanner is the uniden ubc 125 xlt why well it's simple to use it has no gaps which basically means it's not missing any bands and it's a great price for what you get it's analog only so won't pick up digital transmission but that's not really a problem next you need to look at the antenna for handheld applications the selection is a little bit limited scanners usually come with the standard flexible rubber-coated whip affectionately referred to as the rubber duck unfortunately most of these whips are nothing more than an untuned coil of wire and their performance usually leaves a lot to be desired in basic terms the rubbish if you plan to monitor only one band for example airband or marine or the two meter and 70 centimeter amateur bands you'd be better off with an antenna tuned specifically to that band the nagoya and diamond dual banders are a good alternative because they cover wide portions of the vhf and uhf spectrum where most of what's left to listen to is located a great way of broadening your scanning horizon is to go mobile when you take the scanner out in the car however there are a few factors that come into play since you're in a metal-bodied vehicle the effectiveness of anything except an external antenna will be substantially diminished fortunately there are lots of antennas available for mobile use you should probably go for a magnetic mount antenna if you plan to move the scanner from vehicle to vehicle a desktop discount can be handy for static monitoring but again a good dual band whip would be an ideal option when you're on the move a nuisance called intermodulation can occur as you drive past powerful transmitters such as pages cell phone antennas or police airwave antennas so an inline attenuator can help in reducing or eliminating this problem bear...