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Hello,
I just bought a rs Pro-96. I bought the rs 800 mhz antenna to go with it. Well I get good reception in my upstairs office but anywhere else in the house I get this skipping of words type of reception. I play around with the att button and everything but nothing seems to work. Is there a better antenna I should be using to recieve better reception? It seems like they start talking and I get the first few words but then they start skipping words. Thank you for your help.
 
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Hello,
I just bought a rs Pro-96. I bought the rs 800 mhz antenna to go with it. Well I get good reception in my upstairs office but anywhere else in the house I get this skipping of words type of reception. I play around with the att button and everything but nothing seems to work. Is there a better antenna I should be using to recieve better reception? It seems like they start talking and I get the first few words but then they start skipping words. Thank you for your help.
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Put a good antenna on the roof.
Use good cable.
 
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Yikes I have to climb on my roof? :? Any suggestions on good antennas? And cable? Hmm something else to read up on!

I do have a question about this though. I live with a police officer and her radio works just fine inside the house. Why would that one pick up everything ok and mine not?
 
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Yikes I have to climb on my roof? :? Any suggestions on good antennas? And cable? Hmm something else to read up on!

I do have a question about this though. I live with a police officer and her radio works just fine inside the house. Why would that one pick up everything ok and mine not?
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For one of two reasons.

1) Her radio may be more sensitive, meaning it can received a weaker signal that your scanner.
2) Her radio is more selective, meaning it is not affected by other signals interfering with what you want to receive.

In general commercial grade communications equipment is a bit more sensitive and a LOT more selective than consumer grade scanners.

This is both because of the quality (small differnce) and because they are designed to cover a smaller radio band (big difference).
 
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