Yesterday I was mentioning that I was thinking of building a lightweight 6m Delta Loop that I could use for those few times I need 6m from the field…
Well after doing some scrounging I am pleased to announce that its a partial success… The reason I call it a “Partial Success” is because I found no one on 6m to test it out with and I don’t think the band was open. If the band was open then the antenna did not work as expected…
Using an old Plumbing “T” and 6m of automotive wire and a few small pieces of Bamboo I managed to make a Rotatable 6m delta loop. Its supported by a 17 foot Shakespere Wonder Pole that used to be 20 feet before I over loaded it. Its very lightweight and should be perfect for those portable operations where you might need 6m (and its also resonates on) and 2m for contest multipliers…
The above pictures is not of my antenna but it does give you a general idea what it looks like.
I purposely made it a bit longer than needed so I could Prune it down to what would be an acceptable SWR for 6m but it seems there will be not that much to prune as it was really close already. Over the next couple of days I will try and use someones Antenna analyzer and try and get it closer. Like I said its also close on 2m as well so that could be a real bonus in the Hilltopper Catagory in the next VHF Contest…
So in actuality my costs on this one are next to nothing… I’m feeding it with a 25 foot chunk of RG58[ya the good stuff 
] and all the rest of the parts came from my junk box or existing stock… I don’t think the line loss will be a killer only using 25 feet…
Tomorrow (tonight actually) The West Carleton Amateur Radio Club run a VHF SSB Net at 2100 local time and I am looking to taking the FT817 out and test out the new loop and see how well it actually works… More on this later…
But if your keeping score the hombrewed W3EDP testing today worked and the homebrewed Delta Loop for 6m worked so today I am 2 for 2.
73bob
Tags: 6M Delta Loop, amateur radio, amateur radio antenna, homebrewed antennas, West Carleton Amateur Radio Club
