Diamond D-130J Discone Antenna [REVIEW]

[@WR3ND]

Hello. Is the loading coil on the vertical element base removable to put a different vertical element on? Thanks.

[@FrancoDX]

Be interested to see a follow up to this on TX, SWR readings etc as far as I am aware there is very little gain with Discone antennas.

[@duncansreviews]

Other than a basic test just after I installed it I have not used it to TX with. I just did some basic test on 2m and it was ok. For me its more of an added bonus and a backup TX antenna should I ever need it.

[@FrancoDX]

Thanks for the reply. Yes I completely get that, I have dedicated outdoor antennas but also a Diamond X50 in the loft as a back up. It does surprisingly well, I can open up a Hubnet repeater 30 miles away with. I have the HF Discone in the loft as well which is great for general monitoring, it even picks up some distant LW/MW stations when the conditions are good. 73 Franco

[@anonymous_friend]

Curious why not go with the D-3000 instead?

[@smoggybiker5036]

Any good on transmit then Duncan?

[@duncansreviews]

Not really tested the TX, I had this more of a backup for TX its mostly used for RX on a SDR and that is working great.

[@gigantetelecom]

Olá,quero comprar essa antena para usar em quatro bandas VHF UHF,1090mhz ADSB, e nas frequências de AIS,tem como usando uma única antena,tem como fazer assim?