by AMK0123
Hope someone can help me out here. I recently got a Spider base scanner antenna as a gift. I wanted to put in on the roof but that wasn't going over to well with the wife and it says that you can put them in the attic so last evening I mounted the antenna to one of the cross beams in my attic and the reception is terrible. I have a Bearcat base scanner that I have had near a windows and it picks up rather well. Living in central Dutchess county I usually have no problem listening to the Hudson and River lines from Newburgh / Beacon up through Poughkeepsie including the Roseton detector on the river line. Now I can't pick up the detector and most of the train talk I can hear is static at best. I read on other sites about wrapping wire around the base of the antenna and laying them out across the floor of the attic. I even though maybe to wrap it around my chimney pipe for my oil burner. Don't know if these ideas are good or crazy! Any help would be appreciated. The actual antenna is the one I have listed below.
http://www.scannerworld.com/content/pro ... l/SP800BNC
http://www.scannerworld.com/content/pro ... l/SP800BNC