Help PLEASE!! Totally DUMMY Newbie Here!! :(

[ofd8001]

An outside antenna will greatly increase reception. Rules of thumb are: go as high as you can and use the best coax you can afford (lowest line loss). Also try to cover/coat your outside connections so as to reduce moisture ingress which leads to premature corrosion.

Lastly form a "drip loop" at the end of the cable nearest the antenna. If you do have to replace a connector due to corrosion (which will happen eventually), you'll still have enough cable to do so.

Here in southern Jefferson County, I'm able to pick up Hardin County (2 counties away) with an outside antenna. However, going east is more challenging - Oldham and Shelby are "iffy", but I think their towers are as far away from me but still being in the county.

 

[ofd8001]

In reference to the PMs we've been exchanging, attached is a revised file for your area.

Here's how I went about revising this to add your adjacent counties:

1. Start Sentinel
2. Go to the Database and expand it to the desired county (McLean for example) under County Systems.
3. Click on McLean to highlight it.
4. Right click to Append Favorites List
5. Select F1 - Hopkins County
6. Click OK.

Then repeated for all other adjacent counites (Webster, Muhlenberg, Christian and Caldwell).

From there upload/write to your scanner.

Sentinel is just like any other software. It takes a little practice to get the hang of it. You can't ruin the scanner with bad programming. At worst, you can wipe the slate clean and restart.

 

[MarkieMo]

Once again,,,,, Thank you so very much!! You ROCK!!!! Thank you for all the info. I am dumb but I hope I am not a total lose and can get used to doing things with Sentinel so I don't have to bother you anymore. You are a great guy to help a dumb newbie. You ALL are been so great to me and helped me in so many ways since I found this site!!!!! I am so thankful I found this site because you all are awesome people and have made me feel right at home!!! Thank you all and have a great night, Mark