[CQ-Contest] June VHF contest and six meter antennas

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

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