[Fourlanders] 6M Grid Gap, Pt II

[skos at bellsouth.net]

OK, sounds like a plan. I'll get another one and get them rigged. Right now I have this one atop a 12' wooden closet rod stuck onto a tripod on the roof (don't ask - it's all I had that saturday afternoon, and I'd like to think I had been saving that piece for some important purpose). I should probably devise something a little bit more in line with our reputation for the mountain in case we have visitors.

I can't remember - how did we mount the halos when we tried this in Part I?

Kos, N4NIA
-------------- Original message from "Jim Worsham" <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>: -------------- 


> I was assuming that we would use the stacked Halos that Ron had and we 
> melted in September but I haven't had a chance to ask him if he is going to 
> be able to get those fixed in time. I am Ok with using a pair of M2 loops 
> instead if you are OK with getting it all together including a way to mount 
> it to the trailer. I think Bob and/or Ron can help you with the trailer 
> mounting. You will be absolutely amazed when you find out what you can work 
> on 6 with one of those loops and 100 Watts when the band is open. The 
> secret is to be there when the band opens so keep listening and calling CQ. 
> I know some serious 6 meter operators who carry baby monitors around with 
> them so they can listen to 50.125 while doing stuff around the house. 
> 
> 73 
> Jim, W4KXY 
> 
> It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart 
> you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong. 
> Richard P. Feynman 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of skos at bellsouth.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:10 PM 
> To: fourlanders at contesting.com 
> Subject: [Fourlanders] 6M Grid Gap, Pt II 
> 
> Not having the time to mess with trying to build a squalo for 6M, I picked 
> up an M2 HO Loop and put it up on Saturday. Called CQ with it four times in 
> the course of the afternoon and from Snellville worked five stations from 
> Macon in the south, to mid-Tennessee in the north, Monroe to the east, and 
> Carrollton to the west. Used the FT-847 with 100W into questionable coax. 
> I'm going to play around with it some more and see how it performs, 
> particularly if I can hit an opening and work beyond the neighborhood. 
> 
> I'm thinking of picking up one more to stack them, as this will probably be 
> my sole 6M antenna until I can get my tower up. Stacked, they're supposed to 
> be able to handle full legal power, so I'm thinking it should be pretty easy 
> for me to take them down and bring them to the mountain if we want to pick 
> up on trying an alternative to the 6M beams to try to fill in some of those 
> close-in grid squares we're hopping over right now. 
> 
> Is this something you guys would like to try? If so, I'll prioritize getting 
> the second antenna and putting together an appropriate mast that we can use. 
> 
> Kos, N4NIA 
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