I have an outside mounted antenna as pictured. It then feeds into the cable, powered, amp/splitter pictured also to 8 scanners. My reception is poor and I wanted to get advice before I begin to troubleshoot and pick it apart. Here is the scenario:
It seems like there is a block in the 460-464 MHz frequencies, as in I cannot pick up the mall and hospital which are less than 5 miles from me. I also cannot get a trunked CC on 460.500 which I can with a rubber duck and a handheld scanner in my living room. I took my handheld PRO 97 with the stock rubber duck in my front yard. I could pick up the NJSP CC on 860 MHz perfectly, and the JCP&L CC on 939 MHz perfectly. Inside with the setup pictured, the NJSP is spotty and the JCP&L system is non-existent. Is this splitter/amp thing the wrong thing to use? Is it split too many ways? I am using standard RG-58 (the thicker TV stuff) and the run from antenna to splitter is less than 25 feet. Can anyone shine some light here? This poor reception is troublesome! It also appears that signals west of my house are problematic. Signals east, like Seaside(s) on 460.35 & 460.225 are crystal-clear. Thanks in advance fellow RR's.
It seems like there is a block in the 460-464 MHz frequencies, as in I cannot pick up the mall and hospital which are less than 5 miles from me. I also cannot get a trunked CC on 460.500 which I can with a rubber duck and a handheld scanner in my living room. I took my handheld PRO 97 with the stock rubber duck in my front yard. I could pick up the NJSP CC on 860 MHz perfectly, and the JCP&L CC on 939 MHz perfectly. Inside with the setup pictured, the NJSP is spotty and the JCP&L system is non-existent. Is this splitter/amp thing the wrong thing to use? Is it split too many ways? I am using standard RG-58 (the thicker TV stuff) and the run from antenna to splitter is less than 25 feet. Can anyone shine some light here? This poor reception is troublesome! It also appears that signals west of my house are problematic. Signals east, like Seaside(s) on 460.35 & 460.225 are crystal-clear. Thanks in advance fellow RR's.