One thing you could do is attach a 5-foot mast to your chimney with the
chimney mount kit from Radio Shack. It's easy to mount the discone to that
mast. If you can figure a way to get the feed line into your house (through
a gable vent, for example), you could expect to get great results as
compared to a handheld or desktop antenna.

I installed the 19-foot telescopic mast to my deck with a fixture that
allows it to be tilted down (all hardware from Radio Shack). Since I was
into ham radio at that time, it allowed me to install different antennas to
try out. The deck is elevated, so I can get the antenna up about 25 feet
from ground level without ever having to climb on the roof or installing guy
wires. The first antenna I used was the RS discone, which worked very well.

- Doug


"Scott" wrote in message
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What could I expect from an outdoor Antenna? I have nothing to attach
an antenna to on my roof. I'm newbie at this, and was curious as to
how hard it would be to install this

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...rs&tab=support

Years ago my neighbor was a cb freak, and he had a freaking tall
antenna on his roof. How would I get this up high enough? Could
someone really help a newbie out on what i would need to buy to get
this antenna just right for scanning. I'm not afraid to do anything,
but seriously just don't know what all I need, and what i should
expect from this type of setup.