Looking for a good indoor antenna for all around use. I live on the south side of Clark county and can't get Greene co marcs system. Looking for a better antenna. Any suggestions would be helpful thanks. I may not have it programmed correctly.
I have a mobile Larsen NMO3E700B mounted on a right angle bracket just outside my office window and get 3 to 4 bars on MARCS IP towers from 3 counties.
I have a mobile Larsen NMO3E700B mounted on a right angle bracket just outside my office window and get 3 to 4 bars on MARCS IP towers from 3 counties.
Use an indoor TV antenna such as the leaf / blade type or one that is more directional. Locate it in an upper story window pointed toward Greene Co. TV antennas work quite well for 700-800 mHz and other bands as well.
I've used the Larsen NMO 150/450/800 indoors using a magnetic NMO mount on a steel cookie sheet. It sits on top of a bookcase. This will get you VHF & UHF. I've found it to work well on MARCS.
Looking for a good indoor antenna for all around use. I live on the south side of Clark county and can't get Greene co marcs system. Looking for a better antenna. Any suggestions would be helpful thanks. I may not have it programmed correctly.
Already a couple of good suggestions in the thread, too.
To the OP: An outdoor antenna is always a better idea, but if it's not an option, use a directional antenna and try to put it near a window looking toward Greene County. If you're willing to try building your own Yagi, check this out (should work fine for 800 MHz also):
Not sure if this is much better for 700/800mhz but it works for 30-1300mhz.
Magnet mount is convenient for me since it can be moved and stuck on something metal.
I pick up MARCS and MARCS-IP,(700/800mhz), 2m ham (440MHz), local vhf public service(150mhz), and the occasional CB (25mhz) with it.
CB is not great considering scanners don't do SSB, but the antenna covers everything.