I live in the small town of Fort Montgomery, NY and I mainly listen to the csx river line. The problem is, im completely surrounded by mountains. I only get trains calling signals 6 miles north (storm king mountain) and 12 miles south (high tor) and cant pick up the Stony Point DED (dunderberg mountain and anthonys nose). Thats using a 5/8 whip on a pro 404 scanner and the stock antenna on a pro-160. I was thinking of putting an antenna on the roof. I only need to recieve north/south because there are mountains in front and behind me. I saw the plans for a VHF dipole array but I would rather have somthing smaller than a 20 foot antenna on my roof. I was thinking of the radio shack 20-176 but i would only need north/south directional coverage, and not omnidirectional coverage. And that doesnt have any gain. I was also going to try a j-pole, but once again I only need the directional coverage. Im sorry if I dragged this out but I am hoping I can get some tips and suggestions.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance