Vehicular-style antenna as a makeshift base antenna?
 

Hello,

I'm curious - what would happen if I tried to take a good mobile type
antenna, and stuck it on a second floor house window (outside)? Would
that work decently? I ask because I don't know how much longer we're
going to have this house, so mounting the discone I mentioned in
another thread might not be such a hot idea...

If this would work OK, does anyone have a recommendation for a good
antenna to use for that?

Thanks,
Jeff

For receiving, or for transmitting? Since this is rec.radio.scanner,
you are probably concerned with using the antenna for receiving. I feel
the urge to comment anyway.

For receiving, you're probably OK, but for transmitting, I think you
might have problems with this. The average mobile antenna is designed
to operate while attached to the big, metal plane that is the roof of a
car. A similar question often arises at the Usenet group
rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys. Jeeps do not have a metal roof, or
(generally) any roof at all, so antennas end up mounted on the rear
bumper.

You might do well to pay a visit to that group and ask there, as Jeep
owners have some experience with the concept. Search both that group
and Google for the word "counterpoise."
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...p+willys?hl=en

Just drop a wire from the ground side of the antenna the longer the better.

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Hello,

I'm curious - what would happen if I tried to take a good mobile type
antenna, and stuck it on a second floor house window (outside)? Would
that work decently? I ask because I don't know how much longer we're
going to have this house, so mounting the discone I mentioned in
another thread might not be such a hot idea...

If this would work OK, does anyone have a recommendation for a good
antenna to use for that?

Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff wrote:
I'm curious - what would happen if I tried to take a good mobile type
antenna, and stuck it on a second floor house window (outside)?

What KIND of mobile antenna? On-glass antennas do poorly - mobile or not -
and worse at lower frequency. If it's a mag mount, just stick it on a file
cabinet in a second-floor room - and it'll do fine.


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