Gerry, I appreciate your input. I keep buying for 6 but have very little experience on it. I sold my Drake line but kept the TR-6 and just figured I had the MN-4 left and what the heck. I have a tri-band vertical and a beam on top of my tower and it's really not convenient to retune so...... Perhaps I'll just sell it and put the $ elsewhere. Really, tnx agn......JR K7PUR
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'JR Linden K7PUR'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Drake List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: RE: [drakelist] MN-4 on 6 mtrs > > I know it's common place to use tuners on HF these days. They certainly come > in handy for matching antennas cut for other frequency ranges than the one > that may be desired at the present. For example, transmitting on the low end > of 80 meters when your dipole was cut for the high end of 75 meters. There > is also the G5RV antenna which works pretty well on HF but even better with > a tuner. But using tuners on VHF, even 6 meters is not a good idea. You can > get away with coax losses on HF but at VHF they become significant. Yes, I > know there is a company or maybe two selling "6 meter tuners" but they're a > bad idea. They do make some Mighty Fine Junk if you don't have high > expectations. Six meter antennas are not very large. Many people can at > least put up a 3 element yagi that works over the whole SSB phone band and > then some. Add some good RG-8 type coax (or whatever they're called now) and > you've got a viable antenna system. That would be my minimum antenna system > for 6, especially since you've got a fine rig like the TR-6 to go with it. > You don't want to put the cheapest set of tires on a fine sports car. There > are other more significant problems with the components in the MN-4 which > are totally wrong for 6 meter work. The capacitors, the tapped coil, the > band switch, etc...You're talking major butchery here. Another thing to > consider is the wattmeter movement which is really the same basic type as > the W-4 and designed for HF. But you could probably put a WV-4 wattmeter in > there. But it's YOUR gear to do as you like. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JR Linden K7PUR > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:54 PM > To: Drake List > Subject: [drakelist] MN-4 on 6 mtrs > > > I would like to put my MN-4 on 6 meters to mate with the TR-6. Has anyone > done it? Can it be done? Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Tnx.......JR K7PUR > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in > body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
