Another very cheap, simple, but effective 6 meter antenna I've used is the
"PVC-1", a six meter dipole attached to a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" PVC pipe for
mechanical support. You can pull it up into a tree, or up your tower, with a
single piece of rope/twine.
My all time best 6 meter results were with such an antenna, from Hilton Head
Island in 1992 or 1993. I had 300+ qsos with a TR-6 and PVC-1 up about 25
feet in a tree outside our golf course condo. For those who really care, I
wrote about this afterward in the NCJ, "A DXpedition to Hilton Head Island".
73 - Jim K8MR
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