[Towertalk] 6 Meter Antenna

[NN7Knospam@reno.rmci.net]

Tom- answer must be : NOT NECESSARILY!  six meters is an interesting band,
BUT  consider that a friend has a 10 el M2 antenna at about 40(+) feet
(maybe 60 ft feedline) , and, also a old (optomized) WILSON, mounted in a
Douglas fir tree, at about 100 feet (with about 200 ft of coax feeding it)
Not as good as the M2, but, got the height)  he hears better on the LOWER,
at times, and better on the HIGHER (even with the loss in coax)!  depending
on band conditions.  his call is K7RWT, and there are few others might check
with (or their web sites), like W7GJ, N5JEH, and a few others. these guys
are into the "do it yourself band-opening" class (enuff horsepower to be
hears anytime by most folks with good ant, 24 hrs/day/7 daz week, even 1200
miles away!)   and, good luck. 73 Jim NN7K, (QRP W.A.S., # 724, 6 METERS).




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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Branch" <tom@k4nr.org>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] 6 Meter Antenna


> Greetings,
>
> I'm adding a 6 meter antenna to my farm to play around on 6.  I have two
> options: 60 feet in the air on my tower with 200 feet of coax, or at 25
feet
> with 40 feet of coax.  The tower mount is clear in all directions--the
lower
> height is not. I'm guessing the loss on the coax far outweighs the height
> advantage.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> 73 de Tom
>
> tom@k4nr.org
> http://www.k4nr.org
>
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