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

[Jim Smith]

Jim, please tell us a little more.

Our club has had to scale back our Field Day efforts due to lack of 
bodies.  So we're going to start setup on Sat instead of Fri.  One of 
many casualties flowing from this decision is the old Hy-Gain 6m/2m yagi 
we used to put up about 30 ft.

With 6m going nuts as it has in the last couple of days, I'd like to 
have a cheap, simple to deploy 6m antenna in my back pocket to pull out 
in case it happens again on FD.  While any ham worth his salt should be 
able to figure out how to make this from your description, I'm already 
doing so many FD tasks that I just don't have the time.  Can you oblige 
me with a few details?

73, Jim	VE7FO

Jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:
> 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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