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!

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM Lanny Aldrich <k1lec@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 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

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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