[50mhz] 6 meter ant

[LOUIS ECKERT]

Howdy,

 

I expect any 6M antenna tuned near the center of the band to be able to tune up just fine across the whole band, through a tuner designed for 6 Meters. Many amplifiers can tune over the whole band.

 

Best of 73's de N9KC

 

Lou / Parker Colorado DM79


 
> From: kb0stn at sbcglobal.net
> To: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:25:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6 meter ant
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
> 
> 
> > Are there any 6m single band antennas out there that cover the entire band?
> 
> Nope, not without a big SWR jump... we were having this discussion on a
> repeater builder list last week. The 4 MHz width at 50 MHz is too broad to
> get one antenna to resonate well across the whole band. You'll need at least
> two emitters, one tuned around 50.200, the other tuned around 52.00.
> Plus the fact that most of the stuff on the low end is horizontally-polarized SSB
> or CW (or even AM), while the 52.00 spectrum is mostly FM and thus
> vertically-polarized.
> 
> IMHO, of course. :-) I'd like to see someone market a broadband 6m
> vertical myself. :-)
> 
> 
> Ray, KB0STN
> 
> 
> 
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