I expect that the main advantage of a discone antenna is bandwidth. Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Stealey Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:22 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Height of antenna and takoff angle - Titan II site 571-5 No matter how impressive that discone antenna looks, it still is just a vertical, right? Nothing magical about the signal it radiates. I mean, you're not going to have DX falling all over you telling you you're the loudest signal on the band. Rick K2XT _________________ Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
