The one that I had was the NMO mount, and it worked great on 6 meters.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 08:26 PM 1/7/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>Well, you lucked out. I use to sell Larsens for years and never tried
>that. As far as the instructions also showing six, they used the same
>sheet on all of their antennas, it depended on the model number. An n m
>o 150 covered 144 to 172, but the sheet showed all of their models.
>I'll have to remember that trick though. The n m o and n l a series
>weren't dc grounded as I recall. Other models were shunt fed, and this
>probably wouldn't work.
>73s
>Butch Bussen
>wa0vjr
>
>On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Lou Kline wrote:
>
> > 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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> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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