I'm not so sure a Ringo would be better than a dipole.
Most folks, at the bottom of the band, are horizontally polarized. (At
least their antennas)
Half wave dipole on 6 is 4.6 feet on a side. 10 feet of wire, staple gun
and broom stick.
Google Moxon antennas, with a trip to the PVC department of Lowe's, Home
Depot.
Ten bucks of stuff, make something, learn something, before buying some
questionable gadget off the back page.
On 02/04/2012 02:27 PM, K. Alan Robbins wrote:
> Long time lurker first time poster.
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> I have an old Cushcraft AR6 Ringo for 6m, that matches at the top end of the
> band but not the bottom. Being short of cash but long on junk box parts, I
> am faced with two options:
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> 1) Make the vertical radiator longer to try and get it down to the bottom of
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> 2) Sell the antenna, and some other junk on Ebay and buy one of those square
> loop deals
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> Opinions? My 6m powerhouse station is an Alinco DX-70 spare radio at 10w so
> I'm not expecting to win any awards, just want an antenna on that band
> that's a little better than a dipole.
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> 73 de W8VCK, Alan in Michigan
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