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Old 10-22-2005, 07:42 PM
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Default California highway Patrol reception, the higher up the better???

California highway Patrol the higher up the better?

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I am trying to get better reception for the California highway Patrol there frequency are
between 39-43 mhz , is the higher up the better for my antenna?
my antenna is currently up on the roof of my singel story home at almost 20 feet from the ground , i am currently useing rg-58 cable and my antenna is a metal whip that resembiles the very long ones used by the chp in the 1970's, and is 8 ft long , it is 8 feet above the roof line , what else can i do to get better reception and performanec out of this antenna?
oh also i live in california, bakersfield
thanks for reading my long rant!

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Im using a Channel Master 5094A Base Antenna mount 8 feet above the roof line and I can her the mobiles pretty clear
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