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"Harold Burton" wrote:
"aRKay" wrote in message
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The ringo ranger is vertical and most 6m stuff is horizontal. On skip
that may not hurt but for local it's very poor.
Allison
KB1GMX
Good response. I will not waste time messing with the old Ringo Ranger.
Don't give up on the vertical too quickly. I use both a 6 meter dipole and a
6 meter J-pole, 90% of my 6 meter contacts have been with the J-pole. Some
of the more experienced Hams of my acquaintance have told me that DX sort of
works outside of the normal vertical/horizontal polarization expectation. I
rarely have any occasion for a local 6 meter
contact. so am not able to speak about that aspect of the 6 meter band.
Harold
KD5SAK
Thanks Harold. I forgot about the J-pole and I may try one while
playing around with the new stuff.
Dick - AA5VU