Right, the discone is sort of the LPDA of the vertical world.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Cunningham
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:34 AM
To: 'Rick Stealey' ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Height of antenna and takoff angle - Titan II
site571-5
I expect that the main advantage of a discone antenna is bandwidth.
Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick
Stealey
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:22 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Height of antenna and takoff angle - Titan II site
571-5
No matter how impressive that discone antenna looks, it still is just a
vertical, right?
Nothing magical about the signal it radiates.
I mean, you're not going to have DX falling all over you telling you you're
the loudest signal on the band.
Rick K2XT
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