Dipole for 6m

[VK2CSW]

Clearly, I didn't think this through.

Late yesterday afternoon, probably subconsciously prompted by an email from Nick Hacko's DXing.com.au mail list, I decided to cut a wire dipole for 6m and have a play.

I have never used 6m before.

I worked out the starting lengths of the wire and cobbled together a "suck it and see" dipole out of bibs and bobs that were laying around. So far so good.

This morning after cooking breakfast on the BBQ I wandered to the shed and grabbed a ladder, picked a handy eucalypt tree and hoisted up the antenna.

Again, so far so good.

I ran some coax to the bench and started to hook it up.

Then I realised why I haven't done 6m before. I don't have an antenna analyser or VSWR meter that does 50MHz.

 

I guess I need to order a NanoVNA or something, meanwhile I will investigate how to use the internal SWR meter in the FT-857D.

Like I said, I didn't think this through...