I have a friend that loads his G5RV for 6m but his signal is always
about 20-dB weaker than mine. I have a 3-element yagi that I
converted from a Decibel-Products 73-MHz yagi that I scrounged up
from pile of surplus stuff. The elements were 3/8-inch aluminum
tubing so I added some tubing that slid over the ends and use small
metal hose clamps to hold them in place. But making a small yagi or
even just a dipole is easy.
The background noise will really pickup when you have a resonant
antenna vs the 80m dipole. I'm not familiar with a "hex beam" so if
it can tune to 6m then is ought to work good.
Activity is spotty with not much happening between openings,
contests, or local nets. I ran with this small yagi at 20-feet for
years. I now have a 6-element yagi on a dedicated tower so the
3-element is fixed to the side of my HF tower pointed toward the US
West Coast (az=130) so my KX3 can monitor 50.125 whenever not is use
otherwise. 10w works when the band opens! Otherwise 100w will get
out better with ground wave.
http://www.kl7uw.com/Tower_2_6m_2.jpg
http://www.kl7uw.com/6m.htm
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
"Kits made by KL7UW"
Dubus Mag business:
dubus...@gmail.com
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