Difficulty receiving Rock East and West with discone antenna mounted 25ft high.

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rsharpe

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Difficulty receiving Rock East and West with discone antenna mounted 25ft high.
 

W1KNE

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Rock East is 154.9500 and Rock West is 154.8150. Both are in the DB.
 

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Welcome to the RR forums. Specific info goes a long way here. Please reply back with the following info so we can better assist you:
Scanner(s) you are having trouble with
How far away you are from the TX site(s)?
Were you able to bring in said frequencies before?
 

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A discone antenna has zero gain. But a better antenna with some gain. How long is your total coax run and what coax are you using?
 
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