I will get the PL259 replaced on my 6 meter antenna this week. That 
will put an end to this talk about 6 meter openings! (Smile)

Seriously, if you have never tried 6 meters, and you now own a radio 
that covers it, A dipole is just about 9 feet long. A quarter wave 
vertical is about 56 or 58 inches tall, depending on where you cut it 
in the band.

The point is, don't under estimate small, simple antennas. They will 
work well, especially if that is all you can string up on a balcony, in 
your closet, etc.

On 10 meters, I just worked stations in N.C., CA, and French Polynesia 
within the past half hour on CW.

Ten meter antennas are longer, of course, but the same principle 
applies. Put up whatever you can, wherever you can, and make some contacts.

73,

-- 
Mike Duke, K5XU