need better antenna

[bmasters]

I need to know that the best antenna is fo a 796d. i live in peru IN i pick up peru with 5 bars cass county with 1 bar wabash never, fulton county never , and howard county never on 800 mhz digital or howard county on edacs i have a huslter mounted 20 feet up. the stock antenna works better then the outside antenna any help would be appreciative

 

[retroactiv]

what type of wire do you have coming from your antenna, also have you tryed moving it in a different direction, you just never know... Also what is around your house possibly blocking it... There are a million different things.

 

[delallen]

I have a bc296d on a omnidirectional that I can get 20-30 miles on- Then I have a bc796d that I have a yagi (directional) on it. I can receive the northern Monroe co. tower from Greenwood with 4 bars. With the yagi I can get all my local towers, but i can punch to the southwest to get the distant signals. The yagi made me smile for the dstance. Mine are mounted 20 feet up. These observations are on the Safe-T system. On vhf I get all of central Indiana on the omni directional.

I do use LMR400 coaxial cable. Everyone will have thier own favorite set-up that works best for them. I just did alot of reading. The antenna forum on this site has alot of good info.

I got the yagi from Scanner Master for around $180 as I recall.

Hope this helps you!

 

[bmasters]

I have a hustler dcl mounted 20 feet up with belden rg-8x i live in peru in a valley so nothing might not help i dont want to waste any money if nothing will work. i have asked on the antenna form gave me advice but try the indiana form to see if anybody live around that may had the same problem thanks