[TowerTalk] Question

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

Hi Arnie

468/f equals a half-wavelength dipole. Fed in the centre, it should work fine. 

Have you looked at any of the half-wavelength loops? They're basically a dipole shaped in a circle. They're cheap, omnidirectional and horizontal. And very light. 

73, kelly, ve4xt, 

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> On Nov 18, 2015, at 20:21, Arnie Pfingst <arnie123 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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