[50mhz] 6 meter ant

[manualman at juno.com]

6 meter log periodics. Check here: http://www.kmaantennas.com/6m.htm 
Buy one or build one with old TV antenna elements.
Pete, wa2cwa


On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:25:57 -0500 "Ray Brown" <kb0stn at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> 
> ----- 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