👍👍 Easy antennas are for me! After buying the radio, the coax and all the other stuff that goes with it I'm always hesitant to spend another pile on antennas when I know I have successfully built and rough tuned left and right circular polarized clover leaf antennae in the past. Antenna building is fun!
Another way of achieving the same thing is to use a conventionally driven 6m dipole and parasitically drive the 4m one. It is not connected by the feeder and needs to be positioned about 75-100mm from the 6m one.
For 6m mobile an easy solution is to take a 1.5 m long "CB stinger", 2 small jubilee clips & 6" of copper braid... Take cb antenna, scrape off paint on the ends of the coil at the bottom, short it out with braid affixed at each end with the jubilee clips & voilla one instant 6m quater wave
Thanks for sharing, great wee project. Unfortunately down here over the years, using a 2 ele beam on 6m, I have never heard anyone on 6m. Same with 10m, been silent for 13 years hi. 73 zl3xdj
Sounds like a great weekend project, but what always confuses me is not having to use a balun. I can understand coiling the coax for a choke, but if you have a 450 ohm ladder line and 50 ohm coax, I would think your SWR would be high. You didn't need to use a 9:1 unun?
I have a question please Peter. I have seen antenna switches, but like the idea of a 2 for one 😀. Is this build technically acceptable, as they are both dipoles and by their make up will be used in the same orientation? Or is it driven by their frequencies? Thanks Roger
You're a grafter, Pete. A passionate man. Impressive !
Fantastic video, Thank you
Always fresh ideas. You have the best videos.
Glad you like them!
Nice simple project idea. Thank you
Yes
An interesting little project, looks like a little shopping at Newark in a few weeks.
Yes have fun.
👍👍 Easy antennas are for me! After buying the radio, the coax and all the other stuff that goes with it I'm always hesitant to spend another pile on antennas when I know I have successfully built and rough tuned left and right circular polarized clover leaf antennae in the past. Antenna building is fun!
Good call!
Another way of achieving the same thing is to use a conventionally driven 6m dipole and parasitically drive the 4m one. It is not connected by the feeder and needs to be positioned about 75-100mm from the 6m one.
Perfect
Great video Pete thank you
Thanks
Nice and simple design, it would have been good to see a simple installation and use, maybe another video?
Same as any other dipole really.
For 6m mobile an easy solution is to take a 1.5 m long "CB stinger", 2 small jubilee clips & 6" of copper braid... Take cb antenna, scrape off paint on the ends of the coil at the bottom, short it out with braid affixed at each end with the jubilee clips & voilla one instant 6m quater wave
Thanks for sharing, great wee project.
Unfortunately down here over the years, using a 2 ele beam on 6m, I have never heard anyone on 6m.
Same with 10m, been silent for 13 years hi.
73 zl3xdj
Hi Brian, amazed mo propagation on 10m.
I find that using a sheet bend on the ends of antennas like this makes them fold flat and are more consistent to tune.
Wonder what would happen if you added a 2 metre dipole to the 6m and 4 m elements?
Why not try it!
Sounds like a great weekend project, but what always confuses me is not having to use a balun. I can understand coiling the coax for a choke, but if you have a 450 ohm ladder line and 50 ohm coax, I would think your SWR would be high. You didn't need to use a 9:1 unun?
The ladder line is not being used as a feeder, but as two dipoles in parallel.
I have a question please Peter.
I have seen antenna switches, but like the idea of a 2 for one 😀.
Is this build technically acceptable, as they are both dipoles and by their make up will be used in the same orientation?
Or is it driven by their frequencies?
Thanks
Roger
They auto switch with frequency.
@@watersstanton Thanks Peter.
Good video. Give your American viewers the dimensions in feet or inches. We don't like the metric system. More videos like this
Plenty converters on the internet! 😊
@@G6MDX-Dai I can convert by hand donot need the Internet