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Is this antenna any good for both transmit and receive?
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I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2 meter
band. wrote in message oups.com... http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ct%5Fid=20-043 |
Ron wrote: I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2 meter band. wrote in message oups.com... http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ct%5Fid=20-043 How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can you get? |
I'm able to work all the local repeaters in the Greater Charleston, SC area
from Summerville, SC. During ducting conditions I have work repeaters as far South as Jacksonville, FL and St. Marys, Ga. where I lived prior to moving here. Prior to this antenna I used an outside Ringo Ranger vertical about 20' off the ground and I would say for local use they were about the same. wrote in message oups.com... Ron wrote: I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2 meter band. wrote in message oups.com... http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ct%5Fid=20-043 How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can you get? |
It doesn't work as well as an antenna optimized for a particular band or
bands. I chose it because it was a good compromise between wide band receiving (for general scanning) and tri-band transmitting (it'll work 6m if you tune the stinger). I later switched to a Diamond V2000 because I wanted better performance in the VHF/UHF ham bands...but I did give up the wideband receive capability with the V2000. I still think a decent discone is the best choice for general usage, including VHF/UHF ham transmitting--it makes a great choice for the beginner (Technician class) ham. Those who work with specific bands a lot generally end up getting an antenna optimized for those bands, though. I found that the RS discone worked really well for 2m transmitting, and was adequate for 70cm and MURS, but not great. I could never really tell on 6m because I don't think there was much activity in my area on that band. It was fine for the repeaters in my area, and it even did a decent job working simplex on 2m. - Doug wrote in message oups.com... Ron wrote: I have one installed in my attic and it has a flat SWR across the 2 meter band. wrote in message oups.com... http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ct%5Fid=20-043 How well does it transmitt compared to other antennas? How far out can you get? |
What I will probably listen to is the aircraft band and the 450 mghts
range police on my scanner. Been thinking about building a discone if I could figure it out but wonder as someone said, a 1/4 ground plane or something tuned to a specific band would be better? One thing I am not crazy about is having a million antenna feed lines coming into my house! or having to switch from one antenna to another very often while scanning. |
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