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 7^th 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@mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of J. Setcer <j.setcer@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 11:25 AM
To: Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz@gmail.com>
Cc: ADXA <ADXA@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@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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