[SixClub] New to Six Meters

[RICHARD BOYD]

6M dipole

As far as vertical versus horizontal -- when a VHF contest weekend is 
approaching and I've wanted to get on to work a few guys, give my friends a 
QSO, etc., a couple times I have put up a 6M dipole (driven element from a 
yagi, all by itself), even at 10 or 15' on a vent pipe on the roof, and 
gotten a 1:1 SWR and it was easy to work most of the guys I wanted to.  So, 
besides the vertical... there are quick and easy horizontal antennas you can 
put up that will work, short of putting up a beam.

73 - Rich, KE3Q


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek at jmr.com>
To: "'Mike (KA5CVH) Urich'" <ka5cvh at gmail.com>; "'World Wide Six Meter 
Club'" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: [SixClub] New to Six Meters


>
>
> That's where I could use some advice.  I won't be a contester, just a
> casual operater.  Is a vertical antenna of some sort good enough to
> use, or do I need a small beam antenna.
>
>
> ::I'd strongly recommend at least a small beam.  For one thing, most 6m
> contacts are tropo and maintain polarity; if you're vertically polarized,
> you'll be at a huge disadvantage working SSB because everybody uses
> horizontal polarization.  While a pair of stacked loops might provide 0 
> dBd
> gain (no gain over a dipole, but no loss either), even a little 4-5 
> element
> yagi can provide 9-10 dBd gain in its favored direction.  Since 90% of the
> signals worked on VHF SSB are "weak," that's a lot to give up if you don't
> have to.  I know if I put a 10 dB attenuator in my feedline on six meters,
> the quantity of stations I can hear drops by more than 50% -- and that's
> happened everywhere I've ever lived.  You just don't want to give it up,
> unless it's impossible to achieve in the first place.  (WB2WIK/6)
>
>
>
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