If you haven't cut it yet, don't.

Is it insulated wire or bare? If it is bare it is not important. Just get
the spool right up there at the end of the "antenna" part of the wire.

I'd just hook it up and try it. If it is insulated wire the supposed
loading coil on the end may very well be irrelevant. It won't be radiating
and, being at the end, it isn't loading anything significant.

I use my 40M invert Vee on 6M and work several states.

Steve, K9DCI



"an_old_friend" wrote in message
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Litzendraht wrote:
old friend,
As I understand your post, you have lost the use of your 6 meter beam
and you would like to try a random wire antenna. And as I understand
you say that you have a tuner which is capable of working with a random
wire.

I would say go ahead and try it. But you can't leave the extra length
of wire still wound on the spool. You'll have to make the sacrifice and
go ahead and clip off a 50 ft. length or so.

Random wire antennas are not very common on 6 meters, but there's no
reason it can't work.

I'm not sure what that inducer is that you intend to leave on one end.

the indcutor I was reffering wawould have been the spool of wire a or
or quater miles of wound wire surely would have a respectable
inductance

I would have rathe rleft it since the anttenna is most becuase I don't
try climbing over some raly icy surfaces is all

tahnk so advice

John