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FM Reception -Car Antenna vs. Home Antenna

I live in a hilly Northern California city. My reception on my home stereo is bad & I've tried several different home antenna's. I use a Mcintosh Tuner, so the tuner should not be the issue here.
Why is it that my reception is pretty darn good in all of my cars right outside of my house?
Why not just buy a car antenna & hook it up to my home system?
Sounds like a pretty stupid question, but what's the deal?
Thanks in advance for your time.
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I have one of those 4 ft. monster poles that plug into an ac outlet. I've put it out in the garage on the ceiling.

My Mcintsh is the MR85.
For the price of this tuner, you'd expect better reception than your car. Or at least I do.
A lot of people do have reception problems in my area.
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