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| Amateur Radio Antennas Discuss all types of antennas used to transmit or receive on amateur radio equipment. This includes base, handheld, mobile and repeater usage. |
12-22-2012, 7:42 PM
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If it's a 6 meter duckie like the one Comet sells (actually it's a tri-bander) it's possible (I've done it myself, but I was living in a 4 story condo at the top floor at the time, so I had a height advantage...). However with a small duckie like what comes with most handhelds - not completely out of the question, but pretty close. Those things are so lossy at 6 meters that a wet noodle might almost work better
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12-23-2012, 12:15 AM
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Check out the Maxrad line... good stuff.
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12-31-2012, 11:24 AM
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So I ended up buying the Diamond M685SNMO. Received it Friday afternoon and had it on the car before it got dark. Now all I have left to do is mount the radio and tune the antenna. Will post some photos once I can.
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01-03-2013, 8:41 AM
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MFJ makes a Firestick type also. Not sure what part of the band it's cut for, I just bought 2 and their adapter to make a horizontal 1/2 wave diapole antenna for mountian topping.
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01-21-2013, 8:41 PM
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I ended up going with the diamond with the NMO. Antenna works great!
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01-21-2013, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by potbellyperch
can you hear dx on a rubber duckie ant???? outside i mean not in the house
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I haven't heard anything on 6M, but I can pick up a 29.620 repeater from New York state in Arizona on my PSR-500 with the RS 800MHz duckie.
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01-22-2013, 8:39 AM
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I ended up going with the diamond with the NMO. Antenna works great!
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I wish there were active 6 meter repeaters here in central Texas. 6 FM is a lot of fun. Here is a link to a wide area 6 meter repeater in Syracuse that is cross linked to a 10 meter machine at the same site, maybe you can work through it if you get some tropo enhancement?
The KD2SL 6m Repeater – Syracuse, NY | How a 6 meter repeater came to be…
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01-22-2013, 9:10 AM
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I'll have to program that in and see if I can bring it up.
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