[TowerTalk] Discone Antenna

[Jim Hargrave]

Bill,

"Diamond" (tm)  made a Discone antenna. They are now part of RF Parts.
You can get some info at:

  http://rfparts.com/diamond/

They still show the two models of the Diskcone in the catalog. See:

http://rfparts.com/diamond/Product_Catalog/base_station.html

The Diskcone is a very simple antenna and the only adjustment is the spacing
between the cone and disk. I seem to recall this was a fixed insulator on
the Diamond antenna.

I have a homebrewed one in my attic for bench work on VHF/UHF radios. Mine
covers 144/220/440 bands with less than 1.5:1 SWR. I built it many years ago
using 1/4 in spacing galvanized hardware cloth. It spent about 12 years
mounted on top of the mast above the TH6DXX and worked very well.

Good luck.

   * 73's Jim W5IFP *






   >-----Original Message-----
   >From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
   >[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Aycock
   >Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:55 PM
   >To: towertalk at contesting.com
   >Subject: [TowerTalk] Discone Antenna
   >
   >
   >Senior moment, 82yr version.
   >A few years ago, I bought a discone antenna from an ad in
   >either World Radio, QST or CQ. ( I said it was a senior moment,
   >but wait, there's more)
   >The seller was from Ruston, Louisiana, and the quality was
   >high. The problem is that I now have no more info than that. I
   >have lost the manual and the address of the seller.
   >I really need the manual, mostly for tuning.  Can anyone help?
   >Thanks-- Bill-W4BSG
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