Walter,
See if you can find a local two-way shop with an old low band antenna
laying around. I found a two bay, 43 mhz unit for free. The 30 to 50 mhz
band is being abandoned by many users for cell phones and 800 mhz stuff.
Often the shops can't give away the equipment and have to pay to have it
disposed of. Their loss can be hams gain.
The folded dipoles I got had telescoping sections swaged together. I
sawed the end pieces off just after the junction. then sawed off the part
where the joint was. After cleaning up the cut off "u" shaped with fine sand
paper I cut a couple of slots in the larger section of the antenna about an
inch deep. The "u" slipped in and a stainless hose clamp was put on over the
slots.
Tuning was pretty easy, but tedious, with an SWR bridge. (with the new
dipole side mounted on a tower a few feet off the ground) Once tuned the
clamps were tightened. Maybe should have used two clamps each place but
didn't. With the new antenna analyzers it would have been a much quicker
tune up.
A phasing harness was built from RG-11 per any decent antenna book's
formulae. The two dipoles take almost thirty feet of tower side and should
approach 3 dbd (5.14 dbi) gain, plus a certain amount of diversity reception
because of their difference in height.
Been using this contraption for about fifteen years. It will beat the
sox off any fiberglass multiband oriental wonder and only cost some time.
73,
Al, K9SI
> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:59:03 -
> From: "Walter Wenzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 6 M Gain Antenna
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a good 6m repeater antenna from some
> one that is still able to supply one? All I can seem to find is unity
> gain antennae. Looking to put a 6M repeater back on the air as soon
> as we can get antennae for a split site. We will be running RCA
> radios.
>
> Walter, KA2RGI
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