Homebrew Discone

[dsviper22]

Ok, I have done a lot of searching around on these forums and via google for a good homebrew discone antenna. The antenna I keep coming up with is one where they actually use sheet metal instead of metal rods. I am looking for instructions on how to make a homebrew antenna similiar to the Diamond D130 discone. There was a poster on here who in his sig has pictures of some nice homebrew antennas but no links to instructions on how to make one yourself.

Thanks for your help!

 

[jonny290]

if you look at the sheets of metal as an infinite number of radials all attached to the same center point, you should be able to calculate easily.

(Discone performance increases with number of elements)

 

[ka3jjz]

From the AC6V supersite - which, by the way, is linked in our scanner antennas wiki

http://www.qrz.com/download/antennas/index.html

http://www.northcountryradio.com/Articles/discone.htm

73s Mike