Hi.
It depends upon the antenna. Some 2 meter 5/8 wave antennas will load as a
1/4 wave on 6 meters. The Larsen antennas, for example, work on both 2
meters and 6 meters without any cutting. I made up a suitable ground plane
for both bands and ran a Larsen 2 meter 5/8 wave mobile antenna on both
bands for a number of years with good results.
It really depends on the design of the 2 meter antenna, and how the
matching network was designed. In the case of the Larsen, what tipped me
off was that in the instructions, they had tuning instructions for both 2
meters and 6 meters. So I threw an SWR bridge on the antenna, saw that it
was 1.3 to 1 right out of the package on 6 meters and said to myself "Good
enough for me!"
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 09:36 PM 1/5/2008 -0600, you wrote:
>next question; do i need a gigantic antenna for it or could i get by with
>something more the size of my 2m antenna(of course i couldnt use that
>antenna but....)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "CHRISTOPHER SCHULTE" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:21 AM
>Subject: Re: 6 meters
>
>
> > Six is a lot like ten and two and seventy centimeters. You have a certain
> > portion of the band dedicated to weak signals, and sideband, and am, and a
> > portion to fm. The fm portion does have repeaters on it, but they're not
> > nearly as popular there as they are on 2 meters.
> > 73,
> > Chris, w8cjs
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "matt / m and t enterprise" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:19 PM
> > Subject: 6 meters
> >
> >
> >> hi all,
> >> I might have mentioned this on here a time or 3, or just to some certain
> >> =
> >> people, but I have always been curious to try 6m, since i knew there was
> >> =
> >> such a band at least. I of course am diing to(or was) to get on 70cm =
> >> too but thats not my question. my question is, is 6m like 2 and 440 =
> >> where u go through repeaters or not?just wondering because all i know =
> >> for repeaters around here are on 2m so not wanting to waste money, would
> >> =
> >> it be worht it without a repeater?btw, i was thinking of not getting a =
> >> rig for 440 right now for the same repeater issue, the closest on that =
> >> band is like an hour plus away
> >> thanks
> >>
> >
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