Start with 9.4 feet of wire. That should be a bit "long" considering the loading effect of the support, nearby objects, etc.
Open the radiator at the middle and connect 50 ohm coax. (Yes you can use a transformer - "balun" - but don't bother.) Check SWR and shorten the wire until you get the lowest SWR mid-band (or middle of your favorite part of the band). If it's attached to a piece of plastic tube or similar, just fold back the ends bit by bit to shorten. The folded bits just look like slightly thicker wire to the RF. The same approach works on *any* band although on the lower bands where the length gets quite long it's easier to string the dipole between two supports such as trees, etc. Of course you can do that on 6 meters too if it is easier. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:08:43 +0000 (UTC) John Saxon via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> writes: > I want to start giving 6m a try, since my K3 is the first rig I have > had that covers 6m. Recently I read an article describing a homebrew > 6m dipole. The author had constructed a simple dipole using aluminum > flat stock and rods, along with some u-bolts. I can not for the life > of me find that article. I think it was recent and I was hoping some > one out there also saw it and can remind my aging brain where I saw > it. I have checked recent QSTs and ERs to no avail, although I > certainly could have missed it. > Thank you for the bandwidth,JohnK5ENQ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
