T-bone wrote:

GeorgeF wrote in
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redrum wrote:

Which is better?

is scantenna really omnidirectional? is it built for a better reception
on the most used frequencies or is really multiband?

who sells the better implementation of discone?


I have three scantennas and they work much much better than any discone
I've yet to own. In the last 5 years I have thrown away 2 discones
(even the Diamond $100+) because they didn't come close to what the
AntennaWarehouse ScanTennas could do.

Most of my listening is 225-400 MHz however have compaired them on many
other freqs as well.

I got my ScanTennas from
http://www.antennawarehouse.com/Scanner/Scantenna.htm
(AntennaWarehouse). Free shipping and speedy delivery.

George - Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.MilAirComms.com


I got one of those and am not overly impressed with it.
My discone consistantly pulls in stronger signals than the scantenna in
just about every range. The only variables are
1) Discone is about 5 ft higher up
2) Discone uses a better feed belden 9913
3) Discone uses an N connecter vs. BNC for scantenna.


You are compairing apples and oranges here. First your 5' higher on
the discone is going to be a little improvement.

But the HUGH HUGH HUGH difference is the coax! 9913 is much better than
the RG6 which comes with the ScanTenna. I don't use the RG6 that comes,
I replace it with either 9913 or LMR-400. But that alone your going to
see a major improvement on your ScanTenna in the UHF range.

N .vs. BNC, not much there.....

George - Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.MilAirComms.com