I've been helping a friend (retired dispatcher) improve the reception on her Uniden 436. She lives in Fairfield County, Ohio and is trying to receive the MARCS digital system. The problem is her location is about ten miles from a MARCS tower to the north and fourteen miles from another MARCS tower to the south. Up until now she has been using an 800 MHz rubber duck on the scanner. Reception is poor.
I installed a Tram 1411 discone with a chimney mount and ran about 65 feet of RG-6 Quad cable. Reception is still disappointing.
Here's my concern: Her house is located about 1500 feet from a cell tower. Could the rf from the cell tower in the 800 MHz range be desensitizing or overpowering the weak MARCS signal?
I installed a Tram 1411 discone with a chimney mount and ran about 65 feet of RG-6 Quad cable. Reception is still disappointing.
Here's my concern: Her house is located about 1500 feet from a cell tower. Could the rf from the cell tower in the 800 MHz range be desensitizing or overpowering the weak MARCS signal?