Jim Miller WB5OXQ in Waco wrote:
> With the upper band beginning to open up what are the favorite 6 meter
> antennas? I really don't have room for a beam.
>
Welll... so much for the good stuff. <:-))
> Jim WB5OXQ.
I've had very good luck with the Hy-Gain AV640 (Patriot) antenna. It
covers all ham bands 40 through 6. It's rated legal limit on HF while
only 200 watts on 6, but it is basically a full size quarter wave
vertical on 6. They told me not to worry about the occasional 800 watts
SSB on 6. Maybe I'm just the test bed. <:-)) I have the base of the
antenna mounted at 40 feet and excluding bugs (wasps
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/AV-640/AV640.htm ) getting into
the matching network I've liked its performance, particularly for a
multi band antenna. The tree surgeon is coming this morning to do some
creative pruning on a big Ash tree WNW of the shop. That will let me
raise and lower the 40' tower with the AV-640 on top or eventually put a
tribander at 50 or 60 feet and still clear the tree in high winds.
>
>
73
Roger (K8RI - ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R (World's oldest Debonair)
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