[SixClub] New to Six Meters

[Barry Bogart]

But you are not recommending Vertical, right? You use
what you have got, but horizontal works just as well
on DX anyway. It is pretty easy to put up 10' of wire
unless you are mobile.

9913f is nice stuff. BTW I have my 3-elem MFJ VHF
beams on an 8' paintpole rotated with a Radio Shack
Archer rotor - well under $100 for the whole thing. 

73, Barry
VE7VIE/KD7IGX


--- John Geiger <johngeig at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Barry Bogart <barry_bogart at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > You
> > DEFINITELY need to go horizontal polarized. Forget
> > vertical.
> > 
> 
> True for ground wave and line of sight
> communication. 
> But during Eskip, aurora, and meteors, polarization
> doesn't matter because the ionosphere is already
> flipping everything around.  I have made some nice
> 1000 mile plus QSOs using a 1/4 wave magmount whip
> while mobile.  
> 
> Also make sure you have decent coax, as the loss at
> 6
> meters can be kind of high with RG58 and RG8X.  I
> would recommend RG8, RG213, or 9913 flex if you have
> a
> run longer than 25 feet or so. 
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
> 
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