Nigel Goodwin Super Moderator Most Helpful Member Nov 30, 2008 #21 Papabravo said: Great only +24 dB to go to reach the OPs original requirement. At least we're not heading for an omnidirectional antenna with a gain less than 0 dBi Click to expand... I think we probably are, I suspect a discone has lower gain than a simple vertical dipole - it certainly doesn't have emore. Basically they are receiving aerials, intended for scanning receiver.
Papabravo said: Great only +24 dB to go to reach the OPs original requirement. At least we're not heading for an omnidirectional antenna with a gain less than 0 dBi Click to expand... I think we probably are, I suspect a discone has lower gain than a simple vertical dipole - it certainly doesn't have emore. Basically they are receiving aerials, intended for scanning receiver.
JimB Super Moderator Most Helpful Member Dec 1, 2008 #22 Nigel Goodwin said: Basically they are receiving aerials, intended for scanning receiver. Click to expand... Not necessarily. The feature of a discone is its wide bandwidth which makes it suitable a scanner antenna, and so the only ones most people will ever see are used as VHF/UHF receiving antennas. However, have a look at this big one at a redundant ICBM site in the USA: n0eq Visits the World's Largest Discone Antenna Still no gain but wide HF coverage. JimB
Nigel Goodwin said: Basically they are receiving aerials, intended for scanning receiver. Click to expand... Not necessarily. The feature of a discone is its wide bandwidth which makes it suitable a scanner antenna, and so the only ones most people will ever see are used as VHF/UHF receiving antennas. However, have a look at this big one at a redundant ICBM site in the USA: n0eq Visits the World's Largest Discone Antenna Still no gain but wide HF coverage. JimB