I had a Nevada brand “double discone”. Save your $$, nothing worthwhile going on there. I ended up using some of its parts to make another antenna. And as mentioned, it has no relation to an actual Discone, just a big fat dipole.
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Skip the PVC, it'll flex like mad (depending on the height) and get brittle in the elements eventually. I'm running the SDS200 with LMR-400, Omni X on galvanized fence posts from home desperate. I have it so It can go from 10' up to a tad over 20'. It's grounded with lightning protection as mentioned by @mmckenna.
What do you think about using this fiberglass mast.
WiMo Antenennen und Electronik 18333-10 Wimo Heavy Duty Fiberglass Telescoping Masts | DX Engineering
WiMo Antenennen und Electronik 18333-10 Wimo Heavy Duty Fiberglass Telescoping Masts | DX Engineering
mmckenna
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Expensive. The top couple of sections are going to be really thin and may be difficult to mount a decent sized antenna to. At full height, it's going to flex around quite a bit. These things are good for holding up a really lightweight wire antenna, like a dipole. Not a good choice for a scanner antenna.
The 20' top fence rail is your best shot.
A short length of 1 1/4” PVC pipe or PVC conduit about 5ft long painted grey with TV antenna on top and scanner antenna inside, attached to a vent pipe or guyed will not flex and will last many years. Remember, this is supposed to be a stealth setup and a fake TV antenna installed in a typical way can go unnoticed where an Omni- X 20ft up will not.
Sorry but this went over my head with tv and stealth setup. Are we still talking using an OmniX antenna, or some other.?
I get that, and my neighbors who don't know me think it's TV. I'm talking 20' up direct from the ground with the PVC.
I Gotcha, thanks.
My weaker communication seems to be from 140MHz to 160MHz. I'm thinking of trying this setup.
Thoughts please?? OmniX antenna, using Davis RF 9914F "Bury-Flex" cable approx. 50-75 ft. with a male N connector on antenna pigtail connection and an Male BNC connector for the SDS200, being it has a BNC female antenna input. Metal 1-3/8" x 15ft (fence railing tubing) mast to be approx. 6 ft above highest part of my metal roof. Still unsure about lightning arrestor and good grounding. Coax grounding only?
Thoughts please?? OmniX antenna, using Davis RF 9914F "Bury-Flex" cable approx. 50-75 ft. with a male N connector on antenna pigtail connection and an Male BNC connector for the SDS200, being it has a BNC female antenna input. Metal 1-3/8" x 15ft (fence railing tubing) mast to be approx. 6 ft above highest part of my metal roof. Still unsure about lightning arrestor and good grounding. Coax grounding only?
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