"James F. Mayer" wrote in message
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"Dave "Doc" Corio" wrote in message
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James F. Mayer wrote:
What is a good commercially available antenna for 6 meters. I
have an RT-70A/GRC that I'm getting ready to power up in a couple of
weeks. Would my discone suffice?
That might depend on what you want to do on 6. Local repeaters? Meteor
Scatter? SSB DX? I use a Cushcraft vertical (R6??), but I don't operate a
whole lot on 6. I have done some Meteor Scatter with it, some SSB, and
some local repeaters. Post what your goals are for 6, and no doubt you'll
get a big response!!

73
Dave
N0HNJ

I'm limited to FM simplex since the RT70 only outputs FM and has no
offset that I'm aware of.



Dave,

If the discone is rated for 6 meters, go for it. I have talked to people on
6 who were using discones, even though I am horizontally polarized. I would
not spend any money on a 6m FM simplex radio.

Tam/WB2TT