Hi,

What is the range of the Diamond X-5000?

In what way does it outperform a discone?

Most people promote the discone, but I am very interested in the Diamond
X-5000.

tx

"Volker Tonn" wrote in message
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James Sweet schrieb:


My first suggestion would be to try a good discone antenna, assuming
your
existing cable and connectors are in good shape.

A discone is not the worst choice.
But a Diamond X-5000 is by far better.
For sure a good coax cable will help much too. The RG58 is nearly the
worst cable for VHF/UHF. Get at least RG-213 coax or -even better-
AirComm-Plus. This will increase gain drastically by 2-3 S-unit wich is
up to 10 times more of signal voltage reaching yot receiver.
Use N-Connectors on the cable and get a short adaptor cable to connect
to your receiver.