You haven't described the antenna, so I assume it is a piece of wire coming from the unit, or perhaps a simple telescoping rod antenna. Your desire to double your range to 30 feet is refreshingly modest. Most people want to improve range from 10 feet to 3 miles! I think you can improve things a lot by making your antenna longer or higher or both. You may find that certain lengths are better than others and longer isn't necessarily better, but to find those lengths you may have to experiment, the old cut-and-try method. Others have found that these lengths are often very good (+/- 25% or so): 1.25m or 0.63m.