Bob wrote:
Has anyone had any experiences with this antenna good or bad.

PAR MON-3
Design frequencies: 144-174, 440-470 and 800-900 MHz. Gain: 1.7 dBi.
Impedance: 50 ohms. Pattern: Omni.

How does it stack up against the Diamond D-130J?

Thanks
Bob

I had the Diamond and gave it to the garbage man. After using the
AntennaWarehouse ScanTenna
(http://users.cis.net/kingpop/Scanner/Scantenna.htm) I won't ever buy a
Discone again.

First you need to remember that a Discone has no gain.

Since you only have two choices I would pick the MON-3 simply because
they at least advertise some gain where as a discone is a unity gain
antenna.

George
http://www.MilAirComms.com