You never know if that will work.
My first QSO on 6 meters was a 5000 mile one.
I had been a ham for almost 50 years and had never been on 6. In 2009
while living in Hawaii I heard signals on 6 with my K3. I fired up my stack
of KT36XAs found they had a 1.3:1 on 6, so I tried a CW CQ and was rewarded
with a W4 calling me. I then proceeded to work another 20 or so stations,
all at least 3000 miles away.
Any antenna is better than none!
K4XS/KH7XS
In a message dated 11/19/2015 2:56:02 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
chuck@dxham.net writes:
On 11/18/2015 10:21 PM, Arnie Pfingst wrote:
Arnie!
Have you ever thought about just loading up your Explorer 14 beam
on 6 meters just to give it a try? Many years ago a friend called me &
told me that 6 meters was "open" to JA land so I loaded up my 20 meter
monobander and worked several JA's. Got me hooked on 6 meters again and
have been active ever since. If you decide to put that dipole up,
definitely go with the quarter wave version.
See you on 6. BTW, the winter E-Season is about on us NOW! Have fun.
73,
Chuck KØTVD
www.dxham.net
> I've been licensed for over 40 yrs, and in all that time I've never been
on 6m! I'm thinking about hanging a 6m dipole off of my tower. My math
tells me that it should be about 10 feet long for a quarter wave. (468÷f in
mhz) Would it be better if I put up a full wave dipole, or is there a better
idea? I don't particularly want a beam on 6 because I probably would always
be pointing in the wrong direction! I have a ham III rotor, and an
explorer 14 at 60 feet and that is about all the rotor is rated for.
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