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[TowerTalk] 6 meters and WARC

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 6 meters and WARC
From: ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca (Mike & Coreen Smith)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:02:03 -0400
Is it by chance a CC, A50-5S?
I used one before and the F/B, gain and side rejection weren't anything to
write home about.
5 elements really needs close to a 24' boom to be as super antenna. (a la
K6STI designs)

Respectfully,
Mike VE9AA

Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA,  VE9AAA & Little-VE9 to be)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174/

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To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 6 meters and WARC


>
> I recently installed a 6-meter yagi with a 12' boom... 6-1/2 feet above a
> 5-element 10-meter yagi with a 24' boom.  The 10-meter yagi continued to
work
> great but the performance of the 6-meter yagi was terrible.  While the SWR
of
> the 6-meter antenna was about the same... the gain, side rejection, and
> front-to-back were way down from normal.  After one weekend I took the
> 6-meter yagi down.  The 6-meter yagi works well when located by it's
> lonesome.
>
> 73, Dick- K9OM
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/13/02 11:22:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
gdixon@fmtc.net
> writes:
>
> << Bruce, I have done the same here with NO problems. I have a Mosley
PRO-57
>  and about 4 years ago I wanted to put my 5 element 6 Meter M2 over it. I
>  very carefully ran a SWR curve on the PRO-57 then put the 6 Meter Beam
about
>  6 feet above it.
>  I then ran the SWR curve on the PRO-57 again and absolutely NO change.
>
>  All works good here. Good luck on your project.
>  7s, Gary, K4MQG
>   >>
>
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