Ducting on East Coast
I will agree with the ducting. I was in Cape May Point, NJ the other day & I was picking up NYC freq's (UHF) on my BC296D with a VHF 9" rubber duck antenna! I was also at Island Beach State Park (South-Central NJ) the day before & was picking up the NJ State Police Troop B (North) TRS with almost a full six bars on top of a sand dune that is 10 ft. high using the same antenna! I also picked up Sandy Hook, NJ (VHF) with no problem as well as other frequencies from the Tappan Zee Bridge, NY (UHF) area with five bars.