[ADXA] 6M DX on a dipole

[Dennis Schaefer]

Lanny and Jonathan,

The C-3 has a decent SWR on 6 but A/B comparisons favor the dipole, at
least for receiving.

Lanny, you’re absolutely right about the 40M dipole.  Odd harmonics are our
friends.  I have used it before and it was fine.  Now, the 6M dipole is in
parallel with it, and I’m sure the 40M wire is taking some of the power and
I probably have lobes all over the place.  That HC2 was booming in, though,
and I also worked the HC3, so I have no complaints.  Bill K reminded me
that 18 feet high on 6 meters is not too shabby in terms of wavelengths and
that antenna will probably be fine.  You can’t be too rich, or too thin, or
have too many antennas!

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM Lanny Aldrich <k1lec at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Try using your 40M antenna too.  I often leave my FT-710 backup rig on 6M
> with a dedicated DX-EE fan dipole favoring E-W.  The 7th harmonic is just
> over 2:1 SWR.  I worked Bill, *W5SJ*, yesterday with it!  I wasn't paying
> attention when *W5JAY* was calling me a little later.
> 73, Lanny  K1LEC
>
>
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of J. Setcer <j.setcer at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 22, 2024 11:25 AM
> *To:* Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] 6M DX on a dipole
>
> i have a F12 C3 similar to yours. It works on 6 meters sorta'. The SWR is
> ok. No directivity, But it works.
> Sometime, just to educate me,,, Please do an A/B comparison between your
> 6M dipole & your C-3 on six meters.
> 73, QJ
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> My yellowjacket-delayed yagi isn't up yet for 6M, but the dipole got me a
> new band counter this morning - two HC stations on 6.  HC2GRC had a S/N as
> high as +19 here and HC3RJ was a little weaker.   I don't think a dipole at
> 45 feet or a 3 EL yagi at 18 feet will get me a bunch of new ones on 6, but
> I'll get a few and have fun doing it.
>
> Congrats to Stan and Ken for climbing further up the ladder!
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
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