[SixClub] 6 meter vertical

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:50:23 -0800

WRONGO .. Bob, polarization IS a factor between the two stations
communicating.  .. MOST of the time, they should be "dancing" .. but, that
is not 1��% true, but USUALLY, it is THE important factor.   You have
experience with this, n'est-ce-pas?   I used to use a 6M Gotham TWIST
antenna back in the early 70s  ..   it was great for snaggin sigs .. but the
14 el horizontal KLM used to kick it's butt, usually, after the band was
really OPEN ..
Now have a 14 el laying (lying?) in the back yard, will be sticking in the
air, and just my swapped HF for a Ranger 1��W 6M radio so I can
listen/Transmit, and provide a live feed to the Internet 6M fans, without
tying up other rigs for the job.  Now, you have me thinking .. how about a
every so often I switch `tween hor and vert ... like every hour?   Easy to
do!  Idea is to have like a "reverse" beacon .. you send, on .. say 50.125,
a HELLO test .. and then, about 15 seconds or so, later, you get back the
results of your hallllloooo on the internet, via my site .... @ CN7�  --- 
then, 5 minutes later, you do it again, other polarization (my station has
switched aerials on the 60 minute marker, so you would have to take that
into consideration) And, in the meantime you can flop your poles .. --- then
you will know something you only suspected before?  What say, OM ..    and
howdy to those out there reading this .. whatcha think?  Note .. this will
be a totally remote thing, as my station, for this exercise, would not be
TRANSMITTING .. just "lurking" and putting the results available via the
Internet.

Mark  AA6DX   CN7�wt
[email protected]
http://home.pacbell.net/aa6dxa
Message ----- 
From: "RJ Mattson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter vertical

| I thought antenna polarization was not a problem on skip modes?
| bob...w2ami
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| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "Joseph Schroeder" <[email protected]>
| To: <[email protected]>
| Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:11 AM
| Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter vertical
|
|
| > Unless you're planning to work mostly FM with local mobiles, you're
| > much better off with a horizontal antenna. Assuming your interest is
| > in SSB/CW on the low end of the band, and you can't put up even a
| > small beam on a TV rotor, any of the horizontal loops on the market
| > will do much better for you than any vertical.
| >
| > 73 de Joe/W9JUV
| Post: mailto:[email protected]
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