aggmeister2010
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Hello All,
I live on the top (third) floor of my apartment complex. My office is right next to a window with a gutter above of it. Technically they won't allow radio/satellite antennas, but I have gotten permission to mount an antenna on the window sill or gutter as long as it is relatively "hard to see, or low profile."
I'm new to radio, this is my first setup. I'm trying to figure out what I could hook up to my new Icom 208H to help me get started and have enough reception to keep talking and learning about radio. I have a handful of "phantom" mobile antennas, but they're so small I can't imagine they'd give me good reception. I also have a NMO mount 'scanner' antenna a friend was using on his work truck with a 36" whip, which covers 144/440 MHz.
I'm curious if I could hook any of that gear up to some sort of gutter / window sill mount and run that back via coax to the 208H, or if there are any other "lower profile" antennas I could use. I am not opposed to indoor antennas (I have the attic since I'm on the top floor).
I apologize that this is so open ended and general, I'm new and don't have enough expertise to be super precise yet. Any help y'all can offer is appreciated.
I live on the top (third) floor of my apartment complex. My office is right next to a window with a gutter above of it. Technically they won't allow radio/satellite antennas, but I have gotten permission to mount an antenna on the window sill or gutter as long as it is relatively "hard to see, or low profile."
I'm new to radio, this is my first setup. I'm trying to figure out what I could hook up to my new Icom 208H to help me get started and have enough reception to keep talking and learning about radio. I have a handful of "phantom" mobile antennas, but they're so small I can't imagine they'd give me good reception. I also have a NMO mount 'scanner' antenna a friend was using on his work truck with a 36" whip, which covers 144/440 MHz.
I'm curious if I could hook any of that gear up to some sort of gutter / window sill mount and run that back via coax to the 208H, or if there are any other "lower profile" antennas I could use. I am not opposed to indoor antennas (I have the attic since I'm on the top floor).
I apologize that this is so open ended and general, I'm new and don't have enough expertise to be super precise yet. Any help y'all can offer is appreciated.
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