VE2XWA
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Accordingly to Universal Radio the Antenna Craft ST2 is discontinued.
Antennacraft ST2 Scanner Antenna, Antenna Craft ST-2
Antennacraft ST2 Scanner Antenna, Antenna Craft ST-2
I would go with a discone
Yes I have one of those Diamond Discone antenna and it has no gain. My ST-2 runs circles around it.
I was looking a few weeks ago for another ST-2 and did not pull the trigger while the iron was hot.
The website does not say dis-continued so everybody is probably out of stock for right now. Waiting Game now
Worst. Antenna. Ever.
I can pick up more weather stations with a rubber duck next to a Discone, and that applies to three manufacturers of Discone antennas - Radio Shack, Diamond, and I forget what the third model was, but it was not cheap.
On the ST-2 I get 6 weather stations readable. I've never had any Discone pick up half as many.
I've never tried the ST-3, but I bet it can get at least 3 stations.
BTW, my second choice IF the ST-2 is NLA, a Cushcraft Ringo Ranger (not original Ringo, and not Ringo Ranger II, but the Ringo Ranger). It works about as well as the ST-2 including on Low Band to 800 MHz. (note that I'm excluding commercial antennas in this statement)