Hi everyone.
I just recently purchased a PRO-97 (right before they went on sale...grrrr...) and have been surprised by the reception I have been getting while in my house on just the stock "rubber duckie" antenna. I can often pick up signals from police dispatches and police cars from over 60 miles away! A couple weeks ago I was clearly recieving transmissions from over 80 miles away. From what I can tell looking at the database on this site, none of the signals I have been recieving is a repeater-aided signal. Is this unusual? I assume this would only improve with a decent outdoor antenna...right?
Strangely, one of the same dispatches that I can pick up on here at the house 60+ miles away, I can usually only pick up from 25 miles at best in my car on the same antenna? Does the metal of the car cut down on reception that much?
Of course, I cannot pickup all signals that clearly....some are very fuzzy at 25-30 miles, which is about what I was expecting.
Just wondering if these are anomolies or if this is typical reception. I live in a very flat area if that matters.
I just recently purchased a PRO-97 (right before they went on sale...grrrr...) and have been surprised by the reception I have been getting while in my house on just the stock "rubber duckie" antenna. I can often pick up signals from police dispatches and police cars from over 60 miles away! A couple weeks ago I was clearly recieving transmissions from over 80 miles away. From what I can tell looking at the database on this site, none of the signals I have been recieving is a repeater-aided signal. Is this unusual? I assume this would only improve with a decent outdoor antenna...right?
Strangely, one of the same dispatches that I can pick up on here at the house 60+ miles away, I can usually only pick up from 25 miles at best in my car on the same antenna? Does the metal of the car cut down on reception that much?
Of course, I cannot pickup all signals that clearly....some are very fuzzy at 25-30 miles, which is about what I was expecting.
Just wondering if these are anomolies or if this is typical reception. I live in a very flat area if that matters.
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