[TowerTalk] Question

[John Geiger]

Hi Arnie,

A full wave dipole has a very high impedance at the feedpoint, and can be
hard to match, and will also lead to significant cable losses, especially
when you get into the VHF range.

A three element is rather small, and not so directive that you won't hear
anything off of the back or sides.  I have been using a MFJ 3 element  beam
on 6m off and on for 15 years. Weighs 2 pounds, easy to assemble, and costs
100 dollar.  I think I have worked 35 countries or so using one.

Hope to see you on 6m soon, it is a great band.  There are good 6 meter
reflectors at qth.net (50mhz) and at yahoogroups (6meter).

73 John AF5CC

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Arnie Pfingst <arnie123 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been licensed for over 40 yrs, and in all that time I've never been
> on 6m! I'm thinking about hanging a 6m dipole off of my tower. My math
> tells me that it should be about 10 feet long for a quarter wave. (468÷f in
> mhz) Would it be better if I put up a full wave dipole, or is there a
> better idea? I don't particularly want a beam on 6 because I probably would
> always be pointing in the wrong direction! I have a ham III rotor, and an
> explorer 14  at 60 feet and that is about all the rotor is rated for.
>
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