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Robert11
Hello,
Never thought about this before, but have started wondering.
Good question for all you experts out there.
Live in a typical New England Colonial with a Louvre in the attic on each
gable end that are screened to keep the bugs out. Screens are metal.
In the attic I have two VHF antennas for my scanner. A Scantenna and a
Discone.
Do listening only at around 156 MHz fm
Was wondering if the metal screens might have any effect on what I can pick
up in the more or less horizontal directions ? e.g., P.D.'s from our or a
neighboring town.
Probably have no effect for aero comm listening as the received signals are
pretty much from a vertical, or near vertical direction.
Should I go to the trouble of replacing them with plastic screens ?
Distance from antennas to either screen is probably about 20 feet or so.
Any thoughts on this ?
Thanks,
B.
Never thought about this before, but have started wondering.
Good question for all you experts out there.
Live in a typical New England Colonial with a Louvre in the attic on each
gable end that are screened to keep the bugs out. Screens are metal.
In the attic I have two VHF antennas for my scanner. A Scantenna and a
Discone.
Do listening only at around 156 MHz fm
Was wondering if the metal screens might have any effect on what I can pick
up in the more or less horizontal directions ? e.g., P.D.'s from our or a
neighboring town.
Probably have no effect for aero comm listening as the received signals are
pretty much from a vertical, or near vertical direction.
Should I go to the trouble of replacing them with plastic screens ?
Distance from antennas to either screen is probably about 20 feet or so.
Any thoughts on this ?
Thanks,
B.
