[SixClub] Questions

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

just go tear up a lawn chair and presto !
A 6 meter antenna !

                                             :-)    Joey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ka2aev at aol.com>
To: <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Questions


> Im not sure how much room you have but a simply made Moxon can yield 
> really
> good results
> over a dipole and you can feed that with Coax
> _http://www.n2mh.net/moxon.htm_ (http://www.n2mh.net/moxon.htm)
> N2MH elected to use Square Aluminum stock, but Ive seen Ops make them out
> of
> scrapped aluminum beach chairs!
> They're light to handle and not too big
> 73 de Mike
> KA2AEV
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/26/2009 12:05:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cboone at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Why a  balanced feed antenna?? Even a dipole would be easy for coax
> feed...and a  simple choke balun can be done with a couple of turns of 
> coax
> taped near  the antenna. Or build a loop with a gamma match for direct 
> coax
> feed...
> DON'T use a tuner on 6.....you want the antenna tuned at  the 
> antenna...not
> at the radio...that just adds to feedline loss....and on  6m and up, I
> prefer
> coax/Heliax over balanced  line
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On  Behalf Of Eric Mynes
> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 10:33 PM
> To: World  Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: [SixClub] Questions
>
> Sitting here  thinking of how great my christmas was (and I hope you
> had a great one  too), I started thinking about putting up a 6m
> antenna.  This one  would be fed by balanced line, but I'll need
> unbalanced line for my tumer  that covers 6m.  I really don't have a
> balun good for 50-54mhz.   I do have some T-200-2 toroids and some 24
> gauge wire.  So, does  anyone know how many turns it would take to make
> a balun for 6m if it is  possible?
>
> Thanks in advanced for any help that I get.  And, I hope  to catch you
> on the  air.
>
> 73,
> Eric
> k8ohz
>
>
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