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I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2 meter
band.

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Ron wrote:
I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2
meter
band.

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How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can
you get?

I'm able to work all the local repeaters in the Greater Charleston, SC area
from Summerville, SC.
During ducting conditions I have work repeaters as far South as
Jacksonville, FL and St. Marys, Ga. where I lived prior to moving here.
Prior to this antenna I used an outside Ringo Ranger vertical about 20' off
the ground and I would say for local use they were about the same.

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I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2
meter
band.

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How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can
you get?

It doesn't work as well as an antenna optimized for a particular band or
bands. I chose it because it was a good compromise between wide band
receiving (for general scanning) and tri-band transmitting (it'll work 6m if
you tune the stinger). I later switched to a Diamond V2000 because I wanted
better performance in the VHF/UHF ham bands...but I did give up the wideband
receive capability with the V2000. I still think a decent discone is the
best choice for general usage, including VHF/UHF ham transmitting--it makes
a great choice for the beginner (Technician class) ham. Those who work with
specific bands a lot generally end up getting an antenna optimized for those
bands, though.

I found that the RS discone worked really well for 2m transmitting, and was
adequate for 70cm and MURS, but not great. I could never really tell on 6m
because I don't think there was much activity in my area on that band. It
was fine for the repeaters in my area, and it even did a decent job working
simplex on 2m.

- Doug


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Ron wrote:
I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2
meter
band.

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How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can
you get?

What I will probably listen to is the aircraft band and the 450 mghts
range police on my scanner. Been thinking about building a discone if I
could figure it out but wonder as someone said, a 1/4 ground plane or
something tuned to a specific band would be better? One thing I am not
crazy about is having a million antenna feed lines coming into my
house! or having to switch from one antenna to another very often while
scanning.

yes

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