[AK-VHF] RSVP: 6 Meter Antenna Test on Tuesday Evening

[Brandon Clark]

Hi Craig,

Sure, 8 PM sounds good to me. We might have trouble hearing each other
though since yu are running vertical polarization. It never hurts to try
though.
Brandon


On Mon, May 4, 2020, 21:56 Ruthann Bledsoe <ruthann.bledsoe at alaskaair.com>
wrote:

> HI Brandon >>>
>
>      Sure - Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is fine.  No online conferences or
> Nets on my agenda (now that the Simplex Net has moved to Wednesday) as far
> as I know right now.  How about 8 PM ADT?  My Hamfest scavenged Arrow 6M
> ground plane is up and running, but not yet permanently hooked up to the
> console inside.  Therefore I can work 6M FM with 5 watts from my HT just
> fine, plus I can receive SSB or CW with a different handheld at the bottom
> of the band as well.  Does this work for you?
>
>      Hope to hear you soon.
>
>                                                               73,
>
>
> Craig
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ak-vhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ak-vhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Brandon Clark <kl7bsc at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 19:11
> To: AK VHF+ Group
> Subject: [AK-VHF] 6 M antenna testing
>
> Hello group,
>
> Is anyone up for a 6 M QSO tomorrow? I have finished building the new 6 M
> dipole that I have been talking about, and will be mounting it on the roof
> tomorrow morning. If anyone is available for a test or two that would be
> great.
>
> The antenna tunes the lower 2 MHz of the 6 M band as-is. The SWR curve is
> very gradual, so with a tuner it can be made to cover the upper half of the
> band as well.
>
> Brandon, KL7BSC
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