Six Meter Dipole

This is another video to help you get on six meter. In this video I explain the half wave dipole antenna and show as an example the dipole that I built. A ha…

/25 Comments/by
You might also like
Ham Radio MARS Counter Poise Ground Saturn Dipole Antenna
80 to 6 meter OCF Dipole Antenna Test for SHTF or Backpacking Part 1
Six Meter Folded Dipole Antenna
Arrow 2 meter 1/4 Wave Ground Plane & 440 OSJ GP146/440
Amateur Radio Vintage Layfayette AM 6 meter HA460
End of TV Channels 0 and 1 Eliminates 6 Meter Restrictions in Australia, New Zealand
Sharmans AM PRO 17 Meter Band Mobile HAM Antenna
SWR testing Sirio Performer 5000 & Sirio ML 145 (low cost SWR – meter)
25 replies
  2. K7AGE
    K7AGE says:

    FM, from being from commercial radio – police cars and so on, tends to be vertical polarized due to simple mobile antennas. The beam doesn’t change the polarization, but the way the antenna is oriented,

    Reply
  3. cl4yd0h
    cl4yd0h says:

    Thanks Randy! I am waiting for my Tech Ticket to show up on the ULS. In the mean time I want to build this same exact antenna so I’m prepared when it posts! I plan on using it with a HT. I will have to show you what I end up with since I’m not quite as crafty as you. You might get a laugh!

    Reply
  4. Tony Ridlen
    Tony Ridlen says:

    Randy,
    It didn’t look like my post went through the first time I was wondering if I could get on 6 Meters
    with the same antenna that I use for 160 through 10.
    I don’t have enough room in my apartment or out side of it to use an Element 3 Yagi. I was just wondering if you could provide me with any necessary guidance on this matter.
    73’s.
    Tony Ridlen KC9QVE Kokomo,IN

    Reply
  6. Tony Ridlen
    Tony Ridlen says:

    Thanks Randy for the information I’ll see what my primary antenna can do if it can’t tune 6 it can’t tune 6.
    73’s. Tony

    Reply
  10. Tony Ridlen
    Tony Ridlen says:

    Thanks Randy I still have my loop antenna for 2 and 6 Meters but I haven’t made a 6 Meter contact yet but my SWR is still excellent on the antenna and one of my ham radio friends from here in Kokomo said that as long as your SWR was at 2:1 or under I was good to go I love your videos by the way keep producing them and I’ll keep watching them.

    Reply
  13. purplemutantas
    purplemutantas says:

    I need to do this with my 10 meter dipole. Right now it’s speaker wire supported by 1/2 inch PVC pipe. The pipe sags. The thinnest aluminum tubing from dx engineering is half the weight of 1/2 inch PVC. That should make for a sturdier antenna. I may also have to do a 6 meter dipole as well. Perhaps do an xmas tree arrangement. Heck, I want to try 2 meter sideband, so might as well stick a 2 meter dipole on top of the six,

    Thanks for another excellent video.

    Reply
  16. Heath
    Heath says:

    Built this antenna and got it in the air today. Unfortunately, 6m is D-E-A-D dead… but i’ll keep poking around at it. Good SWR between 50-51mhz. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  17. K7AGE
    K7AGE says:

    6 can be dead most of the time. There have recently been openings on the ease. Listen to 50.125 SSB and/or 52.525 on FM for the openings.

    Reply
  18. Neil Shubert
    Neil Shubert says:

    Our friend Troy, the off grid camper, is curious about HAM radio, I will find him some info, and I know you have helped him as I have, so if you have any getting started info, I encourage you to send it to him. Your videos are great!
    Neil
    AC2O

    Reply
  20. purplemutantas
    purplemutantas says:

    Currently for 10 meters I have an aluminum dipole made from tubing sections for DX engineering. Each element collapses down to a little over 3 feet and can be shortened for working 6 meters. I get great SWR all over the 10 meter band. On field day I had it mounted on a mast on a speaker tripod like you have. I didn’t think I needed guy wires. I was wrong! Thankfully no one was hurt and the antenna was fixable. Just a slightly bent element and a broken PVC fitting. All in all a great antenna

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.