Description
Our upgraded Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna is an ultra-wideband antenna capable of covering 25-1300MHz. The Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna is supplied with 8 metres of high quality RG-58 coaxial cable terminated with a type N plug at the antenna end, and a BNC plug at the other, the antenna is easy to assemble, requiring only one Allen key (provided). Two support brackets are also included with the Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna together with U bolts to allow mechanical mounting onto a vertical pipe up to 50mm diameter. We also supply a BNC female to PL-259 coaxial adaptor for connection to many popular receivers and transceivers.
The Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna is perfect for monitoring commercial 2 way radio services, amateur bands (6m, 2m and 70cm), UHF CB, VHF Marine, and narrowcast services operating on VHF “high” band.
Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna Features:
- Whilst this antenna is intended for receiving, it is also possible to transmit a maximum of 20 watts on the popular 6 metre and 2 meter amateur bands, and the UHF CB band.
- Calculated gain 2dBi
- Weight 1 Kg
- Ships in a cardboard tube 85cm x 9cm
- maximum ground radials diameter 84 cm.
As many components of this antenna are stainless steel, the antenna is designed to survive outdoors for many years.
Discone Ultra-Wideband Antenna Specifications:
| Frequency range | 25-1300Mhz |
| Length | 170cm |
| Weight | 1 Kg |
| Maximum radial diameter | 84cm |
| Mast diameter | 25-50mm |
Warren (verified owner) –
My antenna arrived in a strong posted tube.
Pulling it out I found that all the components are high quality stainless steel. From appearance its as well made as my old Icom AH7000 Discone.. Very easy to assemble.
It works well. It receives FM broadcast stations as strong as my external mounted FM antenna.
Rowan (verified owner) –
I backordered this antenna, it arrived in a reasonable amount of time.
It was posted in a long box and was moderately protected from damage, there were a couple of dings but that doesn’t effect it’s performance so its fine.
This antenna picks up all of the frequencies I need and is far better than similar cheaper discone antenna, I highly recommend it for wide-band receiving.
The provided cable with BNC connector at the device end is suitable for this antenna and should be great for most users, an SO-239 adaptor is also provided for those that need one.
It is made of strong and durable materials suitable for outdoor use, it is also easy to assemble.
Unfortunately for me the small screws that hold the antenna prongs in place were scattered throughout the box and 5 of them fell out as I was opening it, luckily after some time I was able to find all of them. If I was to make a suggestion for future packing I would suggest having those screws in a separate snap-lock bag so that they don’t get lost.
Other than some minor inconveniences this was a positive purchasing experience, I prefer to help Aussie businesses and I don’t regret this purchase at all, in fact I am very happy with it.
Overall I feel confident in recommending this antenna from Tecsun Radios Australia, just be careful while taking the contents out of the box in case the small screws fall out, they can be difficult to find on the ground. If you need to receive UHF signals and have been looking into discone antenna at a good price this could be what you are looking for.