The answer you gave was given to the question box several times in past
postings

He just keeps repeating the questions over and over

I for one give up trying to help him

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Caveat Lector



"Dave Platt" wrote in message
...
In article HKAFd.58$ru.27@fed1read07, Caveat Lector
wrote:
stryped The question box wrote : Are these antennas any good for both
transmit and receive?

Come on now help yourself a little bit -- the URL you gave has the answer
when you click on "Features"

#snip#

Now why can I find that and not you ???

Are you putting us on here ????

The information as posted on the Web site is only part of the answer.
Heck, a good high-wattage dummy load would have a better bandwidth and
SWR than the discone, and yet it'd make a (somewhat) worse antenna.

As to the original question, is a discone "any good for both transmit
and receive?". I'd say the answer is "Yes, they're 'any good' but
they are not 'very good'."

They're compromise antennas - fairly wide bandwidth, acceptable SWR,
but a radiation pattern aimed at the sky or the ground (depending on
how you mount them) rather than out at the horizon. They're a decent
choice if you can only mount a single antenna, need to operate over a
wide range of frequencies, and don't need to be concerned about
weak-signal operations. My city ARES/RACES group uses them for
pre-sited emergency antennas at the city fire stations, community
centers, schools, and other such locations... plug an HT onto the end
of the drop cable and you're on the air. The results are quite
acceptable for working nearby repeaters, simplex to the city EOC,
and so forth.

They're a mediocre choice for serious single- or multi-band operation,
though.

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