An Introduction To The Discone Antenna
“True” discone antennas have a sold metal disk on top of a solid metal cone. In this case, it can cover two octaves of bandwidth. Many hobbyists use antennas called discones that lack this solid metal body. Instead, they connect several metal rods to create a somewhat open cone and disk. These discone antennas can receive 140 to 500 MHz. If someone adds a vertical whip to receive the Six Meter band, 50-54 MHz, then the system becomes lossy....