[TowerTalk] Question

[Chuck Sudds]

On 11/18/2015 10:21 PM, Arnie Pfingst wrote:

Arnie!
     Have you ever thought about just loading up your Explorer 14 beam 
on 6 meters just to give it a try?  Many years ago a friend called me & 
told me that 6 meters was "open" to JA land so I loaded up my 20 meter 
monobander and worked several JA's.  Got me hooked on 6 meters again and 
have been active ever since.  If you decide to put that dipole up, 
definitely go with the quarter wave version.

See you on 6.  BTW, the winter E-Season is about on us NOW!   Have fun.

73,
Chuck  KØTVD
www.dxham.net
> 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.