On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:09:57 -0700, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:

But from 7 MHz to 28 MHz, an HF discone would be about 36 feet high and the
above circular portion about 26 feet.
Still a big fella.

Construction details are given in the ARRL Antenna Book - mine is 16th
edition
Photos included

A better, comparative source may be found at:
http://www.qsl.net/kb7qhc/antenna/Discone/discone.htm

It hardly equals a construction project, which is quite difficult in
fact (building the disc of the discone), but it does offer a
significant appreciation of the simple design aspect of how to flare
the cone part of the discone.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC