[50mhz] antenna 2m/6m vertical

[Schichler, Alfred]

Thanks to all who responded, for all the information. I think if I decide
that I like 6 meters, I might build a rotatable dipole, or a regular dipole,
and put it in the attic. (My wife won't let me put any more antennas outside
on the house.)
I haven't heard anything much on the band yet, but I'm sure I will when the
band opens up, whenever that may be.


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jerry W. O'Dell [mailto:jwodell at provide.net] 
Sent:	Friday, August 19, 2005 6:49 AM
To:	Schichler, Alfred
Subject:	RE: [50mhz] antenna 2m/6m vertical

At 09:51 AM 8/18/2005, you wrote:
>Are you guys mostly talking about 6 meter FM, or will those vertical
>antennas work for ssb? I think I heard that most of those sigs are
>horizontally polarized, but I'm not sure. I'm very new to 6.
>
>I've been using a G5RV (with a tuner) to listen on 6 meters, but I haven't
>heard much so far. Just an FM repeater around 53.3 MHz. The G5RV seems to
>pull in more than the Butternut HF-6V (with a tuner), and the 2 meter Ringo
>Ranger doesn't pull in much at all, but then, it's not very high.

Yup, you should be horizontally polarized for SSB -- although some local 
groups have nets on vertical. But the DX is horizontal.

Personally, I use a rotatable dipole that I built for about $10. It's a 3 
foot 2x4
with some aluminum tubing (adjustable on each side) fed in the center with 
some RG213 -- works fine, is not noticeable, and I can hear logs and lots 
of beacons!

Good luck. I'm not really a six meter man -- especially at this point in 
the sunspot cycle

73 jerry w8gnd




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