Cecil Moore wrote:
JB wrote:
Discone is vertically polarized and TV is horizontal. Results in a
15db or
more loss in signal.

How about a dual-discone mounted horizontally?

AKA a Bi-Conical..

That's basically what a George Brown Super Turnstile uses.. Fan dipoles
which approximate a biconical.

How about a dual-discone mounted horizontally?

AKA a Bi-Conical..



Seems like a waste of a perfectly good pair of communications discones,
to me. If the original poster is looking for a low visual antenna in place
of the sometimes large TV Yagi's, he might take a look at antennas made
for the RV industry.

Personally, I'd homebrew something out of brass welding rods.....
perhaps a few stacked horizontal loops......


Ed K7AAT

Personally, I'd homebrew something out of brass welding rods.....
perhaps a few stacked horizontal loops......


Ed K7AAT

I like making my own also - so would a few 'nested loop' antennas cover the
tv broadcast band? But there goes the stealth.

I like making my own also - so would a few 'nested loop' antennas
cover the tv broadcast band? But there goes the stealth.


Huh? You think a couple brass welding rods in loops are more
noticable than a couple discone antennas mounted base to base? ! And if
you painted them black, they'd be invisible.

Ed

I like making my own also - so would a few 'nested loop' antennas
cover the tv broadcast band? But there goes the stealth.


Huh? You think a couple brass welding rods in loops are more
noticable than a couple discone antennas mounted base to base? ! And if
you painted them black, they'd be invisible.

Ed

Huh back to you - I never said anything about a 'couple' of discones - my
original post was asking whether a discone would be a viable tv antenna. and
I mentioned that I wanted to preserve some degree of stealth as well. Your
suggestion sounds good - just trying to picture it.
That RV antenna is starting to sound good too.

Bart Bailey wrote:
In posted on
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:38:34 -0500, Hal Rosser wrote: Begin

my
original post was asking whether a discone would be a viable tv antenna.

Being an omni, you're going to pick up any ghosts arriving at your
location, unlike a directional that can attempt to null them out.

ATSC ignores much multipath.

Bart Bailey wrote:
Being an omni, you're going to pick up any ghosts arriving at your
location, unlike a directional that can attempt to null them out.

"Ghosting" on a digital TV screen?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:

...
"Ghosting" on a digital TV screen?

Well, heck yes!

I see dead people (ghosts) on my TV screen all the time, don't you? If
not, get some old reruns of Gunsmoke on, you'll see 'em! :-|

Regards,
JS