Antenna Revisions

Out with the old (Tram discone) and in with the new (Diamond D130J discone antenna).   I reconfigured the entire antenna "farm" and straightened it all out.  Essentially, I pulled it all down and put it on a folding table in my outdoor office - a table and a chair - and took it all apart.  This time, I used measuring tools and got the frame flat and square, and THEN started clamping antennas to it.  It looks better, and already I can tell on my Uniden BCD996P2 scanner it's much more sensitive - it has better 'ears!'  I'm picking up tower control at Georgetown Texas' airport, which I never heard before.  

While I was looking around last night, I came across a video on the exact same situation I was having:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usiCGMU_dPQ  (FEPLabs Radio YouTube channel).  He ran SWR tests on the Tram and the Diamond and there is a significant delta in the signal quality compared between the 2 antennas.  I think this will be a great addition and good change.

I still need to build a cable for the ADS-B antenna, and I'll get around to it sometime this weekend.  I was just out there in the chilly air long enough, and the neighbor decided to cut down all of his trees with a chainsaw, and I wasn't having that.  Before I started yelling at him for disturbing MY peace, I felt that it was better to pack it in and come inside where I could play radio.  

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