I am assuming this is to be attached to the radio as a typical HT versus a mag mount design?
Yes you will need to compensate for a little bit of GP loss, but this wont make a noticable difference in length. the last HT antenna I made was for dual band 2/70cm I used an old tachometer cable as I found it had the right diameter as well as flex, but is still rigid enough to work with. This may not work to well on 6 because of over all length but could still be considered. I hope you realize that you will be having an antenna that is a about 3.5 feet, and for portable this may be well over the length desired. The only real bennift will be the size of connection, it should withstand some stress a lot better then a SMA or BNC. while it may sound odd, I used a coloring crayon from kids box to make a quick was mold of the threaded connector on radio, then went to hardware store and found some nut expert to find what I needed. Of course this was more work then needed as I could have just taken the HT in with me and tried the trial and error method of elimination! I am also going to assume you have a SWR/FS meter to work with for proper tuning. Also I dont know if EZNEC program will do HT antennas but you may try to run it through and see what you get. good luck and let us know what you figure out. Chris On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Albert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey guys, I posted this question over on the HT600e forum but didn't get > anything. I was wondering if anyone here could be of assistance. > > I recently acquired a low band MT1000 for use on the 6m band. It has a nice > new commercial antenna but I was wanting to do something a little better. No > one that I can find supplies or can supply me with a better antenna for this > radio. Even smiley antenna, my usual go to company for custom antennas for > the Genesis line can't help me. So I was thinking of building my own. > > My first thought, since the antenna connector on the MT1000 is basically a > 1/4-32 hole, I could thread a piece of aluminum round stock to create a > base. Then I could just make a 1/4 wave whip from stainless rod. I know it > would be silly long but it is a start. If I do this, do you think I should > just use the standard 1/4 wave vertical formula? Would I need to compensate > for the HT's lack of a ground plane? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Albert > KI4ORI > > >
