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In addition to Sinclair & Taco antenna, anyone know other companies that make the antennas for VHF voice communications for ATC towers and ARTCC sites. Just curious.
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Yes. It worked so well (it was used to receive and transmit in a work application) that the aircraft was shocked and said they never heard the signal from the ICOM A5 out that far before.dlwtrunked, is it the Sirio GP 108-136 LB/N like in the pic shown.
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In addition to Sinclair & Taco antenna, anyone know other companies that make the antennas for VHF voice communications for ATC towers and ARTCC sites. Just curious.
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No. That is not really a discone (though often wrongly advertised as such) but a biconical. The FAA I have is a true discone with the disk configuration above a cone configuration. It has more rods than the 8 in each place than in the typical hobby design and is substantially more rugged with a substantially larger insulator between. I do not have a photo and currently it is apart in a box. I think they were made under an FAA contract from the paperwork that came with it.This is probably the 100-400 MHz discone you mentioned above:
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In addition to Sinclair & Taco antenna, anyone know other companies that make the antennas for VHF voice communications for ATC towers and ARTCC sites. Just curious.
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Are you looking to purchase one the commercial antennas, you are going to run Andrews LDF-50A for coax, right?In addition to Sinclair & Taco antenna, anyone know other companies that make the antennas for VHF voice communications for ATC towers and ARTCC sites. Just curious.
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www.amphenol-jaybeam.comAmphenol jay beam are popular in europe. Similar product lines and similar mind blowing prices, however they're amazingly well built. I've still got a nearly 40 year old discone, and a 30 year old UHF vertical still going strong.