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/
----- Original Message -----
From: <RLVZ@aol.com>
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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