[MilAir] antennas

[Randy Ballard]

Glen ,  The discone antenna is a widely used "ground to air" rx and tx
antenna used at most Government/Military installations as is the vertical
antenna. I have made several space station and satellite contacts using a
discone. I have purchased several different manufacturers discones and of
all I have found that Icom's discone is the finest made besides the ones
made for Goverment/Military use. I have compared the discone to a $10,000.00
vertical made by Rockwell Collins and I cannot tell  any difference in
reception between the two of them monitoring local traffic. 73 de Randy N5WV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn" <g.finney at charter.net>
To: <MilAir at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: [MilAir] antennas


I would like to know if the discone antenna is sufficient for milair
monitoring in the 225 mhz band.
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