> >Subject: Re: One person says discones are good, another says bad, some say RS
> >good/bad --What works best for cordless
> >Date: Sun, Mar 22, 1998 00:05 EST
> >>Subject: One person says discones are good, another says bad, some say RS
> >>good/bad --What works best for cordless frequencies
> >The person who said discones were bad is trying to mislead you into making a
> >mistake so he can set back and laugh at you.
> Well, you sure got that wrong! A $60-$80 discone just to snoop on phone
> calls? He can make a dipole for $5 if that is all he wants to do. Otherwise,
> his best bet is an omnidirectional like the Scantenna for $39, Anyone who
> thinks a discone is a better option is folling him/herself and even the people
> who sell discones will tell you that.
>>>>Right now,I'm comparing a monitenna sitting on the floor,leaning
against the wall,it blows away my Icom discone in the attic,and pretty
much matches the ringo ranger on top of my tower,at approx.45 ft.I had a
homemade ground plane in the attic a couple of years ago,and it blew away
the discone EVERYWHERE.It was cut for 440 mhz,and tx'ed well there.When I
get the monitenna up on the tower,I'll make another GP,and put it up in
the attic,it only cost me about 3 bucks to make.I'll keep the discone as
a back up antenna.....
Barry