Well, I'm going to use this antenna for both ham and scanning, and for now
I think it will help, and if I need an amplifier  down the road some time
I'll get one.  I thought of getting a mobile with a mgmount, but I'm
saving money for the new digital scanner.





On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, John miller wrote:

> Well,  I have my J pole in the attic, it isn't as good as being outside,
> but I'll have to say, I've had 1 up there since I've been a ham for VHF/UHF,
> and it's good enough, it's definitely a lot better then inside the room,  up
> there at least in my attic, it's like a crawl space really so there's no
> insulation and I mounted my J pole upside down right to the underside of the
> roof and I don't have half the RFI I get inside,  like I said, it's not like
> being outside but it's probably better then half way there. Good thing about
> that is, if you don't like it you can always change it down the road with
> out it being obvious. I also used to have a scanner antenna hanging out the
> vent up there, that worked pretty well too but I don't do that anymore, I
> had a problem with that antenna and never did anything with it.  1 of those,
> when I get around to it things.
> John Miller N1UMJ
> Owner: J E M Racing need sponsors and crew help
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 4:18 PM
> Subject: antenna issues resolved!
>
>
> > Hi everyone.  I have finally come to a solution to the antenna issues I
> > have had to address here.  As it turned out I will be mounting the
> > scanner/ham antenna in my attic.  I've already got cable running down to
> > my room with this computer, and the person helping me seems to think this
> > will be an improvement.  We've addressed issues of the elements up here,
> > and they won't be a problem and I will be on second floor where the
> > antenna in tattic will be on the third floor.  I'm just wondering how well
> > this has worked for other people using VHF/UHF?
> >
>