I plug in a 2m/70 colinear in my loft when upstairs or a discone in the
garden on a 15ft plastic pipe when downstairs.
There is hardly any difference, just one or half a point on the 0-9 scale.
Also a home made 2m dipole works just as well.
The reception is more affected by the propergation conditions and your
location relative to the surrounding terrain. I have compiled polar diagrams
for each and it is surprising how reception is stronger in some directions
than others despite the antenna theoretically being omnidirectional. I think
only significant improvement would come from using a directional array.

I would be cautious about believing a particular antenna would be a 'vast
improvement'.
The advantage with my discone is that I can listen to lots of other things
as well as using it for 2m/70cm. In that respect my colinear or dipole
doesn't work as well.

The best approach is by experimentation.

Lionel Carter
M3LRC


"Amigaman" wrote in message
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Greetings all!...will a uhf/vhf discone antenna work with my Kenwood
TW-4000A? any hints/suggestions/recommendations greatly appreciated!
thank you for your time......73's....tony...wa9yoz