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@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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