I have shared before that I made a homebrew Windom to use for HF. I made my antenna after this design Windom off center fed using coax as a feedline.I then used a homebrew Balun after this model BUILD AN AIR WOUND 1:1 CHOKE BALUN FOR HF - THE UGLY BALUN!
. It works great on HF . Well last night I was doing some reading and found others were saying they can use the same antenna for 6m . So today I hooked up my 6m radio and sure enough I could work with it ! I noticed the SWR was flat around 52 or so mhz . I called a friend that makes roller inductor tuners and he told me to come over. He gave me 3 to try out and see which one I wanted . As soon as I got home I put one on and began to tune and it tuned right up real nice ! That really encouraged me as I have just moved to a new location and no longer have an attic for my antenna farm . It was great to know that I could use that same antenna for 6m . And to top it off there was some good in and out traffic on 6 this evening . Canada was coming in as well as other places. So now all I have to do is get my 2m situated and I'm ready for some winter fun ! If you haven't tried it , 2m ssb is great ! I have made some great contacts of 200-300 miles on 10 watts on 2m ssb .
. It works great on HF . Well last night I was doing some reading and found others were saying they can use the same antenna for 6m . So today I hooked up my 6m radio and sure enough I could work with it ! I noticed the SWR was flat around 52 or so mhz . I called a friend that makes roller inductor tuners and he told me to come over. He gave me 3 to try out and see which one I wanted . As soon as I got home I put one on and began to tune and it tuned right up real nice ! That really encouraged me as I have just moved to a new location and no longer have an attic for my antenna farm . It was great to know that I could use that same antenna for 6m . And to top it off there was some good in and out traffic on 6 this evening . Canada was coming in as well as other places. So now all I have to do is get my 2m situated and I'm ready for some winter fun ! If you haven't tried it , 2m ssb is great ! I have made some great contacts of 200-300 miles on 10 watts on 2m ssb .