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

[Brandon Clark]

Hello group,

Good points about band openings. What I'm envisioning with this antenna 
is to just get a start on the band, and use it for the digital net 
coming soon. Later on I'll probably be setting up something more 
substantial for working band openings. I need to come up with a design 
that is reasonably compact though. Fun project for another day!

I'm going to go on-air tonight at about 8 PM local time and do some 
testing. I'll be operating on 50.125 USB. I'll start out with about 20 
watts and then adjust up or down as needed.

Thanks everyone,

Brandon



On 5/5/20 8:21 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> HI Guys!
>
> At your distance probably not that bad.  I've noted that crosspolarity 
> adds about 15-dB loss to signals (not the 20+ dB theoretical loss).  
> On occasion in the past my eme array was switched to Hpol on the 2m 
> net and some folks noted I was not as strong.  Fixed by switching to 
> Vpol with my x-yagi  array.
>
> I  might listen in with my 3-element yagi (thought bolted to side of 
> the tower in SE direction).
>
> On 6m CW/SSB (and probably digital modes, too) all activity is 
> horizontal polarity in the rest of the world.  Might make a difference 
> working into the lower-48 and Canada during openings (May-July) is the 
> sporatic-E season (already openings have occurred farther south: 
> Montana to South America).
>
> One really should think of at least a small yagi using Hpol to take 
> best advantage of these openings.  Monitor 50.125 for SSB, 50.313 for 
> FT8 or 50.193 for WSPR pointing azimuth 125 degrees. On our long RV 
> trip in summer 2018 I worked 26-states on 6m-SSB from CO (DN70) on one 
> day during the CQ VHF Contest in July using a moxon at 14-foot (mast 
> bolted to RV ladder).
>
> GL
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
> At 07:04 AM 5/5/2020, you wrote:
>> 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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>> >
>> >
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