[TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX

[Jon]

There are a couple of 6m yahoo groups...not many antenna specific threads
in awhile.

On Saturday, November 14, 2015, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> This has been a great and very informative thread.  I wish there was a
> reflector devoted to 6 meter antennas...
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Mike & Becky Krzystyniak <k9mk at flash.net
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> >    I have a pair of 6M2WLC's at 36' and 62'.  In the stack (BIP) they
> will
> > open the band and enable QSO's using scatter.  The upper antenna clearly
> > rules on F2 while the lower antenna (or BOP) does better on E-skip.  I
> also
> > have a 6M5X about 100' away at 50' which I use for diversity with the
> > stack-master.  Still casually working toward my first 100, my best DX was
> > to
> > VK4 land on a Hygain 4 element at 140'.  Could not hear him on the lower
> > antennas in any combination.  Go figure.
> >
> > 73  Mike  K9MK/5
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com <javascript:;>]
> On Behalf Of
> > Mike
> > Smith VE9AA
> > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:19 PM
> > To: towertalk at contesting.com <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX
> >
> > Hey Bill,
> >
> >
> >
> > I’ve been on 6m as a serious DXer since Nov 92…about 150 worked on
> SIX…(QRV
> > HF since the late 70’s)….There were years I barely ever left the house
> from
> > mid June to mid July for fear of missing some EU 6m DXpedition on Es.
> >
> >  I was handsomely rewarded on more than one occasion with a 2 minute
> > opening.  But I digress…..
> >
> >
> >
> > Via F layer, some of the angles can get very low 1-3º for optimum DX.
> (Will
> > we ever see F layer on 6m again?….man, it’s been a while!)
> >
> > On Es (single or double hop) the angles can get very high. (10-15 or 20º
> > even)….I had dbl hop Es to Cuba one time where a tiny 3el @ 30’ was the
> > best
> > antenna in the yard, but that was quite rare.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’ve had every 6m antenna imaginable.  Probably my best were 2 stacked
> > antennas.
> >
> > I had 3 over 3 at 50/70’ and 8/8 at 48/64’ and even the same 8/8 at
> 35/49’.
> > (qrz.com shows my 8/8 homebrew stack at 48/64’)
> >
> >
> >
> > All these stacks always outperformed my reference antennas which have all
> > been long boom 5 or 6 element designs up at the same heights. (I really
> > like
> > the K6STI 5el)
> >
> >
> >
> > You can’t go wrong with a stack.  Lefty, K1TOL has one of the largest
> > around
> > with 4 x 9el and I think he’ll tell you that 98% of the time, he just
> > leaves
> > all 4 antennas in line.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have work KH7Y via Es and he’s the guy to talk to I guess for KH6 prop.
> >
> >
> >
> > Once you stack……do up a pair of antennas @ 50/70’ with a BIP/BOP switch
> and
> > you’re good.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73 es we’ll see you (all of a sudden) on SIX !
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike VE9AA
> >
> > p.s.-hardline is your friend on VHF ! (I am sure you already know that)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike, Coreen & Corey
> >
> > Keswick Ridge, NB
> >
> >
> >
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