Re: 6 meter beam - OT

[Barry Pfeil]

Gary wrote:
"I find I have a place for a 6 meter beam. I don't have one but would like
to make one if feasible. Does anyone know of good plans for a 6 meter
beam that would be realistic to make?"

As someone else noted, G0KSC has a whole bunch of interesting designs on his web site but I especially like the basic OWA designs for their wide bandwidth and 50 ohm feedpoint with NO matching "devices".  I actually built this one
 http://www.g0ksc.co.uk/sc0604s.html
by "repurposing" the parts of my old VHF TV antenna and it works like a charm!  You can see a few details of it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k6rm/ under the "DTV Special" heading as well as the CM86 and Kings County Expedition headings.

GL
73, Barry K6RM
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[sfbonk]

All this six meter beam talk reminded me to order a six meter preamp last week BEFORE sporadic E season.

73 de W3OU Steve





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From: Barry Pfeil <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 1:27 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meter beam - OT


Gary wrote:
I find I have a place for a 6 meter beam. I don't have one but would like
o make one if feasible. Does anyone know of good plans for a 6 meter
eam that would be realistic to make?"
As someone else noted, G0KSC has a whole bunch of interesting designs on his web
ite but I especially like the basic OWA designs for their wide bandwidth and 50
hm feedpoint with NO matching "devices".  I actually built this one
http://www.g0ksc.co.uk/sc0604s.html
y "repurposing" the parts of my old VHF TV antenna and it works like a charm!  
ou can see a few details of it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k6rm/ under
he "DTV Special" heading as well as the CM86 and Kings County Expedition
eadings.
GL
3, Barry K6RM
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