[Rover] 6meter antennas for mobile/rover

[Jacob Tennant]

My rover setup is still fluid right now as I haven't even started it yet in 
my latest vehicle. 1987 Chevy 1.2ton 2wd truck, 8'bed with a HD ladder rack. 
Older truck so I don't worry about any little dings or scrapes, 2wd with a 
4.3L V-6 for gas milage. It sounds bad as it is 15+yrs. old but it run 
great.

I had been looking into a FT-100D or FT-857 for basic radio system. A dipole 
like N0DQS has for 6meters and my dipole(s) idea for 2 & 432 till I can get 
something better going as I haven't fully decided to go rover or just 
portable-base type operations as the ladder rack could make a nice fold-over 
tower/mast mounting system. Also had thought about a extensio ladder with a 
rotor on a wooden plate at the top as a friend of mine used to use 
(W8TL-Bert Neswald) when he was active contester. So beams might be in my 
future as well.

Will let you know how the dipoles idea works out.

Jacob Tennant  K8JWT


>From: Dan Evans <n9rla@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: rover@mailman.qth.net
>To: rover@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Rover] 6meter antennas for mobile/rover
>Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:46:00 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@hotmail.com>
>
>
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