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Old October 13th 04, 08:32 PM
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There is no advantage of using a discone, or even drawbacks vs. the helix,
excepted the price ?


Discone is not the right antenna for this app.

QF helix is good, so is a 2 turn Kraus helix, or a cp patch.

Crossed dipoles in quadrature acceptable in most cases too.

73,
Chip N1IR