Tam,

Yes, the beam is horizontal, and I finally made two contacts on 50.155 USB
shortly after my last post. I hooked up with two stations; one was about
40 miles away feet on a mountain (he came in @+20 over), the other roughly
80 miles (right in with the noise). Since my antenna is only 8-9 feet above
the ground, it's encouraging.

The F/B ratio seems ok.

Thanks for the response.
Russ
KG6TDX


"Tam/WB2TT" wrote in message
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"Shadow 998" wrote in message
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This is my first attempt at 6 meters and have not made a single contact
on
the band since getting my license last year. This year will also be my
first field day which is why I built this beam. Now to figure out if
it
has a F/B ratio, forward gain, etc.

Your best bet is to listen from about 50.100 to 50.200 on SSB. Calling
frequency is 50.125. East cost was working the West coast earlier today. I
assume the beam is horizontally polarized. Good luck on 6.

Tam/WB2TT FN20