[TowerTalk] Discone Radiation Angle ?

[Rajiv Dewan, N2RD]

It behaves just like a vertical monopole with good low angle radiation. 
  The actual low angle radiation depends on the ground quality.
Regards,
Raj, N2RD

On Dec 13, 2004, at 1:05 PM, douglas.snowden at med.va.gov wrote:

> I have not gotten into antenna modleing enough to have done this, but 
> does a
> Discone
> antenna have a low radiation angle or not?  I don't think I have ever 
> heard
> of anyone
> actually using one on HF.
>
>
> Doug N4IJ
>
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