K180-WLA Antenna Series

[Slippery999]

I started a Playlist series for my videos in the K180-WLA Antenna. I have a few that show it head to head against my
MLA-30+ Antenna. The results were interesting.

K180-WLA Shortwave Radio Antenna

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[Stingray66]

I am in the same boat BUT I like to see how well a Jet Stream Discone antenna would Do ??

 

[Slippery999]

I am in the same boat BUT I like to see how well a Jet Stream Discone antenna would Do ??

I never heard of that one. Do you have a link? I will check it out.

 

[AB4BF]

I never heard of that one. Do you have a link? I will check it out.

R&L Electronics distributes and sells Jetstream products.

JETSTREAM JTD1 [JTD1] - $42.95 : R&L Electronics, Amateur radio store

R&L Electronics JETSTREAM JTD1 [JTD1] - 25-1300 MHZ DISCONE TX 144-220-440-900-1200 MHZ JTD-1 RECEIVE ONLY ANTENNAS ANTENNA

www2.randl.com

 

[Slippery999]

R&L Electronics distributes and sells Jetstream products.

JETSTREAM JTD1 [JTD1] - $42.95 : R&L Electronics, Amateur radio store

R&L Electronics JETSTREAM JTD1 [JTD1] - 25-1300 MHZ DISCONE TX 144-220-440-900-1200 MHZ JTD-1 RECEIVE ONLY ANTENNAS ANTENNA

www2.randl.com

Thanks, I'll check that out. Mahalo!

 

[ka3jjz]

You're comparing apples to oranges. The K180 is an active loop made to cover HF; a discone, while it will cover HF, isn't very efficient as it's main purpose is to cover VHF and up. A discone will be sensitive to noise issues; an active loop will reject many noise sources. In addition a loop like this can null out signals on MW and LW, making it useful when you are wandering around a graveyard channel that has lots of stations on the same frequency. A discone can't do this.

Comparisons like this are, frankly, a waste of time

 

[Slippery999]

You're comparing apples to oranges. The K180 is an active loop made to cover HF; a discone, while it will cover HF, isn't very efficient as it's main purpose is to cover VHF and up. A discone will be sensitive to noise issues; an active loop will reject many noise sources. In addition a loop like this can null out signals on MW and LW, making it useful when you are wandering around a graveyard channel that has lots of stations on the same frequency. A discone can't do this.

Comparisons like this are, frankly, a waste of time

Thanks for this. I hadn't checked into it yet. 🤙🏻

 

[merlin]

A nice comparison of two active loop antennas. I have a discone, mainly for 100 to 950 MHz. Hard to beat at those frequencies.
I tried the HF stinger on top, tuned mainly for 6 meters. It worked, poorly. and didn't help the upper frequencies any.
I put a 6 meter base loaded antenna on a MagMount, stuck to the AC unit. Now that way outperformed the junk on top of my discone.
Really, for LF, MF, HF, that active loop is a worthy way to go if lacking real estate for full up antennas.

 

[ka3jjz]

And so many of us are in the same boat, condo nazis not withstanding. The 180 is an inexpensive intro to this world and worth it

Mike

 

[Slippery999]

A nice comparison of two active loop antennas. I have a discone, mainly for 100 to 950 MHz. Hard to beat at those frequencies.
I tried the HF stinger on top, tuned mainly for 6 meters. It worked, poorly. and didn't help the upper frequencies any.
I put a 6 meter base loaded antenna on a MagMount, stuck to the AC unit. Now that way outperformed the junk on top of my discone.
Really, for LF, MF, HF, that active loop is a worthy way to go if lacking real estate for full up antennas.

Yep, I live in a condo so choices are limited.🤙🏻