I have a rubber duck that outperforms three different MFR's discones. Joe M.
> Rod Lane wrote: > > Hi Jed. > > > > If youre not interested in a lot of gain, try a discone. Theyre > about as broadbanded as you can get, and not too expensive. I bought > one from the local ham shop in Newington for less than $100. Its > good for 2 meters and up. Ive seen some discones designed for > scanners that have a loaded whip out the top to resonate down to low > bands. Its not too broadbanded at this low band frequency, since > its almost like a regular hamstick or other loaded antenna. Still. > The discone part work pretty well at the frequencies its designed > for. > > > > Discones are like high pass filters. A discone built for 2 meters > will work up to almost microwave frequencies. Great for a test > antenna. > > > > 73 de N1FNE > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxwell D Pratt > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:13 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial > and amateur > > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > If you are going to use this Antenna to work on and test radio's & > need a split of 135 to 174 I don't that will be possible, Most > antenna will cover that range but you have to trim them for a certain > Freq some are trimmed at Factory & some user has to trim . > As per the difference between Commercial and ham antennas usually > the commercial antennas are better built & will withstand more wind > load & last longer with less service , But I don't think would have > any better signal . I use both for ham Have a chushcraft 26-b2 has > been in use for 9 years works as good as day I put up . Also have a > commercial Dipole stacked 4 which has been in use for same amount of > time . Both are on 30' tower if I was going to put on tower above > 100' would want the best antenna I could find or Buy would be a whole > lot cheaper than having to replace often . > > > > "Jed Barton" <jed@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > I need some suggestions. I need a vhf and a uhf antena. > > > Here's the requirement. I'm planning to operate both amateur and > > commercial > > > stuff from the house. > > > I'd rather not use a ham antenna in the commercial bands. > > > Are there some that'll do the 136 to 174 split, and some UHF > that'll > > do like > > > 439 to 490? > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jed > > > > > > >
