want opinion on scanner antenna idea
i live in a house that i can not have an antenna on the outside of the house, my scanner is upstairs, in the 2 story home. i have been seeing stuff on the off center fed dipole made of copper, i admit i like the simplicity of this, i just wonder is there something that would recieve better, my idea is to maybe build a center fed dipole, of twin lead, with 3 or 4 strips of twin lead, si it could be cut for 6 or 8 bands, in my idea i would enclose it in pvc pipe, and stand it in the corner behind the desk,, i question if the layers of twin lead laying on one another will be of issue, and do i need a balun, Should the legs be cut for any particular part of each band,, Thank You for any input, i hope that this will be an efffective antenna, as well as a good build,
Mike Grace