[HiDARG-MEMBERS] 6meter Net Experiment

[Mike Darling]

It'll be fun, Mark! I'm going to try out a 6m dipole that W6RA lent me,
setting it up as a sloping dipole...

Mike D.
N7GND

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:29 PM Mark <markberry68 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I am interested.  Any mode is fine with me.
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 2:38 PM Max Vaughan <maxv at horizonps.com> wrote:
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>> I think we may just do that.
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>> ..Max
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>> *From:* HiDARG-Members [mailto:hidarg-members-bounces at hidarg.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Mark
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 21:31
>> *To:* HiDARG Members
>> *Subject:* Re: [HiDARG-MEMBERS] 6meter Net Experiment
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>> I built myself a 1/2 wave flowerpot antenna for 6m  this afternoon.  Are
>> you folks doing again next weekend? I will be ready this time around if so.
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>> Mark - N7ZUM
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>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 8:54 PM Max Vaughan bb <maxv at bendbroadband.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Try ¼ inch at a time.
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>> ..Max
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>> *From:* HiDARG-Members [mailto:hidarg-members-bounces at hidarg.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Mike Darling
>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 22, 2020 10:46
>> *To:* HiDARG Members
>> *Subject:* Re: [HiDARG-MEMBERS] 6meter Net Experiment
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>> Thanks Max for suggestions.
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>> Based on D of 60 mm, added 2 more turns of coax to my Costco plastic
>> bottle coil :-)
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>> The result flattened the low end below 52.0 Mhz a bit...
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>> Don't know if I want to trim the end shorter a tad bit more, or leave it
>> alone and let radio tuner take care of matching.
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>> Mike D
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>> [image: 6mbottleantswr-03222020.jpg]
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>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 8:14 AM Max Vaughan bb <maxv at bendbroadband.com>
>> wrote:
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>> It is a center fed dipole so having radials would not help, you might
>> affect the Q of the coil, and or the capacitance, who knows if good or bad.
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>> Also when trimming the top go easy ¼ inch at a time, just doing the top
>> will move your dip up the band.
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>> *From:* HiDARG-Members [mailto:hidarg-members-bounces at hidarg.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Mike Darling
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2020 20:57
>> *To:* HiDARG Members
>> *Subject:* Re: [HiDARG-MEMBERS] 6meter Net Experiment
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>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 5:47 PM Mike Darling <themikedarling at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Yes, I did. After the 6m experimental net checkin, I worked with the SWR
>> meter and trimmed it a couple of inches (an inch at a time).  Here's the
>> resulting SWR for 50 to 54 Mhz:
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>> [image: 6mbottleantswrfinal-sm.jpg]
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>> Good enough i think, and the IC-7300 internal tuner should be able to
>> easily handle less than swr of 2.
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>> Now that I've made one, and used materials that I had on hand, I'd like
>> to make another... and look at the windings number and spacing...how to
>> make it more broadband.
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>> And make a 10 meter - only a wee bit longer me thinks..
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>> And I'm not an EE guy, but could this improve with radials or
>> counterpoise?
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>> Mike D.
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>> N7GND
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>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 4:02 PM ke6vmz at bendbroadband.com <
>> ke6vmz at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
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>> Mike,
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>> How did your antenna work out for you? were you able to run a SWR graph
>> across the band?
>>
>> Randy #2 K7VMZ
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>> On 3/20/2020 7:47 PM, Mike Darling wrote:
>> > Here's mine, inspired by Kent. Didn't have extra PVC pipe laying
>> > around, but found that a Costco brand drink has diam of 60 mm. Wound
>> > 10 turns of coax around the plastic bottle. Like Kent didn't want to
>> > waste 1400 mm of coax, so just cut a piece of cheap low voltage wiring
>> > and soldered to center conductor. Will see how it does tomorrow.
>> >
>> > Mike D
>> > N7GND
>>
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