HT reception?

[K5UNX]

OK newbie question here. Got an HT, and don't get reception from local repeater in my office. It has a metal roof. The repeater is several miles away, and I get hit it with the antenna in my car and the replacement whip antenna that I used to replace the rubber ducky. Normal not getting anything inside the building?

[K7KBN]

Try standing near a window that faces toward the repeater...

[NO2A]

This is normal reception for a ducky antenna. It`s also typical of fm operation. Sometimes just moving it around a few feet in either direction will make a difference. If you could use a ground plane with a mag mount ant inside the building you`d notice quite a difference. Get a square chunk of metal or put a mag mount on top of a filing cabinet would work. Watch your s.w.r. though. This would make a noticeable difference.

[HAPLO]

OK newbie question here. Got an HT, and don't get reception from local repeater in my office. It has a metal roof. The repeater is several miles away, and I get hit it with the antenna in my car and the replacement whip antenna that I used to replace the rubber ducky. Normal not getting anything inside the building?

My office feels like a Faraday cage. Its hard to even listen to FM broadcast in my office... And I was there when we designed the building we're in, and there wasn't anything special done to make it block RF.