Jonathon Jacob writes in a message to All
 JJ> What I get is distant stations that operate on the same frequency 
 JJ> as the Fort Wayne or Allen County Fire Departments on my scanner. 
 JJ> I have been told that this is becuase my antenna is "to strong"... 
 JJ> Is there a way I can "cut" the reception power down a bit on 
 JJ> the antenna?
It would be better to get a scanner that can receive PL tones and use that.  
If your fire department doesn't use PL tones, you can either turn up the 
squelch or install an attenuator in the antenna line.  Radio Shack sells 
attenuators for TV use, you can splice them in line with a pair of "F" 
connectors appropriate to your cable.  Of course, TV antenna lines are 75 
ohms and your scanner line is 50 ohms so you will lose some additional power 
with the mismatch, but that's what you want to do in the first place!  
 
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