There is/was an HF discone at a missle silo in Southern AZ that has/had a coax cable available for public use. Just drive up and connect your mobile rig. (:-))
There's another for HF use at the FAA aircraft control center in SLC. 73 ! On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 15:30 Charlie T <pin...@erols.com wrote: > I wonder if anyone has ever tried, for want of a better name, a "Skeleton > Cone" which consists of a single horizontal wire connected to the coax > center conductor and two sloping wires at 45 degrees, in the same plane > connected to the coax shield. A true Discone antenna would have many > (typically eight each) horizontal and sloping elements. I'm guessing many > of us have used the VHF/UHF version for very wide band coverage, for > example 144, 220, 432 MHz and even higher. I know I have one up and it > performs as well as a regular single band ¼λ ground plane (unity gain) > on all three bands with low SWR. The ICOM version as well as a few others, > also have a loaded whip for 52 MHz mounted on the bushing that the > horizontal elements are screwed into. > > I'm also guessing the formulas for a true Discone would work for a > "skeleton" style as well. I Since it is inherently a wide band design, the > actual lengths are probably not too critical. I've heard this type antenna > described, but I don't remember where or how well it supposedly worked. It > obviously requires two supports, high enough that the sloping wires ends > are off the ground by a bit. > > 73, Charlie k3ICH > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kengk...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
