Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Thank you to all who responded, both on and off list, to my request. First thing I'll try is my two commercial tuners with roller inductors. As suggested, they just might work. If not, I have found link-coupled designs in Bill Orr's 1967 Radio Handbook and the 1949 ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook (cover price $2.00!) that should be easy to scale to six meters. Thanks everyone. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Or just buile a resonant antenna for 6M. I found some simple plans for building a nice and sturdy 2- element moxon that has been working just great form me on 6M. It does not have to be up very high and you can turn it with a simple lightweight TV rotor. No tuner needed with it 50.0-52.0 MHz. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Mon Dec 8 4:10 , "Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy" sent: >Hank, > >My suggestion is use a classic link coupled balanced "antenna tuner". If you >cannot find one to buy the cost of building one for 6m at the 100w power >level should not be very high. The third edition of 'The Radio Amateur's VHF >Manual' (ARRL) contains a couple of examples for use at other power levels, >please let me know off-list if you would like to see these. > >An eighty metre dipole should work well on 6m in certain directions, after >all it is a centre fed 7 wavelength (approx) longwire at 6m. The horizontal >pattern should have 4 narrow major lobes, 10 narrow secondary lobes and deep >nulls off the ends. > >73, >Geoff >GM4ESD > > >W6SX Hank Garretson wrote on Monday, December 08, 2008 at 3:23 AM > >> Since it is part of the K3 package, I would like to try six meters. My >> one and only antenna is an eighty-meter dipole 46 feet above ground fed >> with poly ladder-line. I'm looking for suggestions for a 100-watt coupler >> that will tune a balanced-feedline antenna at 50 MHz. I do not have the >> K3 ATU and am looking for something considerably less expensive. >> >> All ideas are welcome, but please don't suggest some other antenna. My >> antenna is what it is. Because of town esthetics and very harsh winter >> weather I'm lucky to have the antenna at all. > >___ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Hank, My suggestion is use a classic link coupled balanced "antenna tuner". If you cannot find one to buy the cost of building one for 6m at the 100w power level should not be very high. The third edition of 'The Radio Amateur's VHF Manual' (ARRL) contains a couple of examples for use at other power levels, please let me know off-list if you would like to see these. An eighty metre dipole should work well on 6m in certain directions, after all it is a centre fed 7 wavelength (approx) longwire at 6m. The horizontal pattern should have 4 narrow major lobes, 10 narrow secondary lobes and deep nulls off the ends. 73, Geoff GM4ESD W6SX Hank Garretson wrote on Monday, December 08, 2008 at 3:23 AM Since it is part of the K3 package, I would like to try six meters. My one and only antenna is an eighty-meter dipole 46 feet above ground fed with poly ladder-line. I'm looking for suggestions for a 100-watt coupler that will tune a balanced-feedline antenna at 50 MHz. I do not have the K3 ATU and am looking for something considerably less expensive. All ideas are welcome, but please don't suggest some other antenna. My antenna is what it is. Because of town esthetics and very harsh winter weather I'm lucky to have the antenna at all. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Six-meter Antenna Tuner
Since it is part of the K3 package, I would like to try six meters. My one and only antenna is an eighty-meter dipole 46 feet above ground fed with poly ladder-line. I'm looking for suggestions for a 100-watt coupler that will tune a balanced-feedline antenna at 50 MHz. I do not have the K3 ATU and am looking for something considerably less expensive. All ideas are welcome, but please don't suggest some other antenna. My antenna is what it is. Because of town esthetics and very harsh winter weather I'm lucky to have the antenna at all. 73, Hank, W6SX Mammoth Lakes, California Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
