Does anyone have any experience with the Midland Full Band T 734 antenna or
similar? The question is, is it necessary to tune its SWR for receiving
only, or that doesn't matter? When I had typical 5/8 antenna, it was
extremely important to cut it to the correct size, it had a huge influence
on receiving. But I don't know if it's the same for Discone antennas, so
that's why I'm asking.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:29:38 +0100, jarekts wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with the Midland Full Band T 734 antenna or
similar? The question is, is it necessary to tune its SWR for receiving
only, or that doesn't matter? When I had typical 5/8 antenna, it was
extremely important to cut it to the correct size, it had a huge influence
on receiving. But I don't know if it's the same for Discone antennas, so
that's why I'm asking.

I don't know the Midland Full Band T 734 antenna.
But, if it's a discone, any cutting you might due will only affect its
minimum low frequency spec. It'll be 'good', then, from that freq on up
for several octaves -- for slelected definitions of 'good'.

Jonesy
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