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Jim Hackett wrote: I use a discone on my VR-5000 and PCR-1000. They work well for me from 900 down to WWV at 2500. I wouldn't disagree that the discone will indeed 'work' down that low, but will it work well? That's the question. Heck, a 5' piece of wire will work, but the question remains, will it work well? I've never seen a 'discone' that would work well into the shortwave range unless it was one of the humongous ones such as that used by the FCC at their monitoring station which used to be located south of me here. dxAce "Gene" wrote in message ... Getting ready to purchase a ICOM 8500, and as I live in a community where a long wire would be out of the question, I have been told that a discone will work quite well for my monitoring activities, and will be rather hard for the grumpy neighbors to see, as compared to a beam, etc. etc.... . Any comments on this? How high should I install it. Probably cant go over 15 or 20 feet at the most. I intend to use some type of telescoping mast, so when one of our Florida hurricanes comes, I can "bring er down"! Since the antenna will be coupled to the mast, will I still need to ground it? (I know thats probably a really stupid question, but it seems as if the metal mast would take a lightning strike (God forbid!) to the ground, rather than into the house..(??) A neighbor of mine has a little discone up around 15 ft., and uses it to transmit on the 6 meter (or is it 20 meter) bank. Works quite well, he says. Thanks in advance for any info |
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