jlaselva
Newbie
Howdy,
If this sounds like a n00b post, that's because it is.
I have been playing around with my SDS200 and some SDRs (RTL-SDR, USRP, etc.), but am only able to pick up a few frequencies down here in far southern Vermont, smack dab between Bennington and Brattleboro. We're at about 1850' but also in a little bit of a bowl, topographically. We also can't pick up any over-the-air TV stations, our FM radio reception is spotty, and even our SiriusXM satellite radio has trouble keeping a signal through the foliage in the summertime. We've got a metal roof and low-E glass in our windows, which cuts down on indoor reception even further. The scanner, SDRs, stereo, TV, and satellite tuner all have indoor antennas.
I'd like to put up a mast with a few antennae to improve our FM, HDTV, XM, and scanner reception, and I figure it should probably be tall enough to at least peek past the peak of the house—about 35'. But, I don't have the knowledge or the equipment to do it myself and, to be honest, I'm not too interested in obtaining it. I'd rather just give someone my requirements and have them plan the mast and perform the antenna installation, deal with grounding it all properly, and get the cabling into the house in a way that's weathertight. But, I'm having a hard time finding anyone who'll do this work in southern Vermont. It may be that I just don't know where to look.
Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for a company that might do this kind of work in this area? I'd appreciate your feedback.
Thanks!
If this sounds like a n00b post, that's because it is.
I have been playing around with my SDS200 and some SDRs (RTL-SDR, USRP, etc.), but am only able to pick up a few frequencies down here in far southern Vermont, smack dab between Bennington and Brattleboro. We're at about 1850' but also in a little bit of a bowl, topographically. We also can't pick up any over-the-air TV stations, our FM radio reception is spotty, and even our SiriusXM satellite radio has trouble keeping a signal through the foliage in the summertime. We've got a metal roof and low-E glass in our windows, which cuts down on indoor reception even further. The scanner, SDRs, stereo, TV, and satellite tuner all have indoor antennas.
I'd like to put up a mast with a few antennae to improve our FM, HDTV, XM, and scanner reception, and I figure it should probably be tall enough to at least peek past the peak of the house—about 35'. But, I don't have the knowledge or the equipment to do it myself and, to be honest, I'm not too interested in obtaining it. I'd rather just give someone my requirements and have them plan the mast and perform the antenna installation, deal with grounding it all properly, and get the cabling into the house in a way that's weathertight. But, I'm having a hard time finding anyone who'll do this work in southern Vermont. It may be that I just don't know where to look.
Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for a company that might do this kind of work in this area? I'd appreciate your feedback.
Thanks!
