[ADXA] 6M yagi results

[Dennis Schaefer]

I got the 6m yagi up and did some A/B testing.  The antenna is an old MFJ 3
element beam that should probably be retired.  I intended to get it up
about 18 feet, but with the materials on hand, it ended up at about 15 ft.

The other 6m antenna is a dipole up 45 feet.  I felt like it was a good
antenna, but the yagi is much better so far.  I copied W5JAY and K5CM for
awhile and the yagi was at least one S-unit better.  This morning, there
were several HC stations on so I turned it South and the yagi was close to
10 db better.  It also was better for noise pickup in most directions.

The dipole has almost 3 db of feedline loss on 6 and the yagi is fed with
hardline most of the way.  I'm sure that helps.

I dug out an old Ham-M rotator and installed it.  It's a small setup, but
if 6 gets hot enough, it will add a few more band counters.

73,
Dennis/RZ
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