I live in Saint Joseph, Michigan, and listen to the railroad and marine radio traffic. There is a railroad swing bridge over a navigable river, so it is quite interesting.
Current setup is a home-brew dipole antenna (Homebrewed Off-Center Fed Dipole - The RadioReference Wiki) mounted on my eaves, feeding through RG-6 into a desktop scanner. The audio goes into a Mac Mini, where it is recorded, the silence is cut out, and it is transferred to my iTunes account. Then I use my iPhone to listen to this summary of the day's traffic on my car stereo on my commute.
Initial installation included about 60' of coax and performance was adequate. But I had to move the computer to a different part of the house, and now have 100' of cable in play and performance is much poorer.
I now want to get a better antenna (what kind?) and upgrade to better coax with a shorter run. Does anyone have advice on the best antenna for my application?
I'm located near the corner of Pearl and Wayne streets, St. Joseph, Michigan. I am in a single story house with a 2-story house immediately to the west, which does not help. Can't afford a giant mast/tower, so rooftop, eave, or attic mount are my only options right now.
Current setup is a home-brew dipole antenna (Homebrewed Off-Center Fed Dipole - The RadioReference Wiki) mounted on my eaves, feeding through RG-6 into a desktop scanner. The audio goes into a Mac Mini, where it is recorded, the silence is cut out, and it is transferred to my iTunes account. Then I use my iPhone to listen to this summary of the day's traffic on my car stereo on my commute.
Initial installation included about 60' of coax and performance was adequate. But I had to move the computer to a different part of the house, and now have 100' of cable in play and performance is much poorer.
I now want to get a better antenna (what kind?) and upgrade to better coax with a shorter run. Does anyone have advice on the best antenna for my application?
I'm located near the corner of Pearl and Wayne streets, St. Joseph, Michigan. I am in a single story house with a 2-story house immediately to the west, which does not help. Can't afford a giant mast/tower, so rooftop, eave, or attic mount are my only options right now.