[Rover] 6meter antennas for mobile/rover

[Dan Evans]

Hi Jacob,

The "best" antenna for 6?  Now that's a tough one. 
The one I've tried that had the most gain, was a
homebrew 4 element yagi.  It worked real well, but was
a pain to setup.  One time I tried to 'walk up' the
mast with a little too big a load and, sadly, the yagi
didn't survive that mistake...

The most convenient antenna I have used is a homebrew
1/2 wave loop.  Small, and works well, but not much
gain to speak of.  I worked a ton of QSO's last week
with just the loop.  But there are times when I really
miss having the yagi.

I've used a plain and simple dipole, and it worked
well, but again I often miss the gain of the yagi.  I
didn't "droop" the yagi, but they really aren't that
big anyway.  I made my dipole out of 1/2" copper water
pipe.  Cheap and easy to find.

The best antenna for 6?  Well, it depends on what's
more important to you; gain or size.  If you can't use
a yagi, then a loop is a convenient alternative.  If
you don't have a loop, then build a dipole.  It will
work about as well, and isn't much bigger.

A project I'm working on, but didn't get finished in
time for last week's contest, is a stacked pair of
homebrew loops.  I'll let you know how they turn out.

73
Dan
Dan Evans K9ZF
Scottsburg, IN 47170
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K9ZF /R no budget Rover 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@hotmail.com>


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