benzrider2000
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I just bought a Diamond discone model # D130J and set it on a pole that goes up about 30 feet or more into the air and it's about the roofline of my house. The strange thing is the Diamond Whip antenna is getting better reception than the Discone!!! I think something definitely has to be wrong.
Can the experts out there in this forum give me some advice on what I might have done wrong?
A couple notes:
1) This discone is specifically for my Bearcat 396T scanner.
2) I have 75' of wire which is about 2.5x as thick as the whip antenna (just for size comparison).
3) Nothing was mentioned about grounding the antenna in the instructions, so I didn't do any grounding of any kind.
Thanks for your time!
Can the experts out there in this forum give me some advice on what I might have done wrong?
A couple notes:
1) This discone is specifically for my Bearcat 396T scanner.
2) I have 75' of wire which is about 2.5x as thick as the whip antenna (just for size comparison).
3) Nothing was mentioned about grounding the antenna in the instructions, so I didn't do any grounding of any kind.
Thanks for your time!