"John Smith" wrote in message ...
Can I use a long wire at 6m with a random wire antenna tuner?
The wire is about 1/4 mile long, and off the ground about 6 foot,
(old electrified fence line on top of a fence)
Any Idea what the pattern would be? or if it would work?

Thanks

Sure, it would *work*, but I would rather use something else. The size
of a yagi on 6m is not too big. "appx 9 ft or so elements on average".
I built one from all hard drawn copper tubing, and welded it all
together as one piece. "plumbers delight". I have a torch...
Probably cost me $20 in copper. It will probably smoke any random or
long wire. One reason is my 6m radio is a icom ic-706mk2g. It's prone
to HF images on 6m, if you use an antenna that provides a large HF
signal level in comparison to the 6m level. Trash city on any of my HF
antennas. But you get on the yagi, with it's fairly good attenuation
of HF signals, and it cleans it right up. Also, the beam is rotatable.
The wire would be stuck in 2 directions. Or one of two if you
terminated the antenna at an end.
You can try it, but plan on a beam if you really want decent
performance. A 6m beam is small enough to mount with TV hardware and
rotors. They are real light if you use aluminum. BTW, I'd skip the
simple dipoles and verticals also...Wimpy antennas on 6m compared to a
yagi or quad.... But also depends on the mode...I work mainly SSB in
the low end. A vertical or dipole will be trounced by my simple 3 el
yagi. Both transmit and receive. I can hear stuff on the beam that is
not there on a vertical or dipole. MK