Antenna or Preamp - Antenna Is The Key
 

I posted this question a while ago and since then bought a grove scan
beam ant and connected to my scanner with RG6 as was suggested by many
here and put it up about 40 feet and guess what? I am in west Lakeland
Florida and now I can hear systems more than 30 miles away such as
Orlando! There is some static sometimes but I can hear Osceola county
real good and Hernando county up north, thanks for the help!