Antenna work

I've been busy doing some antenna work.

I have a a Radio Shack discone that I needed to repair. I wasn't watching what I was doing a couple of years ago, and managed to break off a radial. I got it threaded back on, but it fell of this winter. I replaced that radial, and replaced the coax with LMR 400.

I have an old Antenna Specialist scanner antenna (Mon ???) on a 5 ft mast. I put that on a 10ft mast and changed the coax to LMR 400.

I got a new discone at a hamfest. I put that up on a 10ft mast and used LMR 400 on that as well.

I do have some improvement with the LMR 400. I can now hear Westmoreland County's 800 system. I do have to say, that stuff is a bear to work with. It is by far the toughest stuff to work with. I don't enjoy putting connectors on, and this made it worst. Its done now, so when I get some better antennas to replace the discones most of the work is already done.