[Elecraft] 6 Meters

[Sam Morgan]

On 6/19/2010 11:18 PM, David Yarnes wrote:

> Bottom line--if you haven't put your toe in the water on 6 yet, do it!  You
> probably have an antenna that will work fine, and don't realize it.
 >
I can testify this is true. Last night about 10:15pm cdt, I decided to see what 
I could hear.

With my Elecraft K3 running 100w into my 7' tall Hi-Q 6/160 vertical @ 20' on 
the apartment building roof. http://tinyurl.com/26zd4ub

I tuned the Hi-Q to ~ 11.65mhz so it would be a 5/8 on ~ 50.1mhz
amazingly it tuned up with a flat 1.1:1, didn't even need the ATU
there is about 50'? of RG-213 coax feeding it.
Perhaps losses and the capacitance of the coax run made the match?
MFJ 259B showed it as SWR= 1.2 R=38 X=0

Anyway made 2 contacts with Washinton state stations,
I think I can feel the tug from that 6m bugitus hook being set...
-- 
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan