You can make you a dipole antenna and place it in the apartment I will look
up the formula and let you know the measurments you can buy a 2 meter pre amp
and it will inprove your reception sometimes to much I put a dipole in my 
attic and it works as far as your reception if you buy a antenna for 2m
(144-148 mhz) you will find this will inprove your reception even if you 
have to move it inside I found that multi band antennas do not work very well
authough a cb antenna works well for the 46-50 mhz band try a dipole antenna
I think you will be impressed.
... Catch the Blue Wave!
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