Cushcraft A-627013S

[Mudfoot]

Local Facebook Marketplace snag. Paid $60 and had to take down. It's in good shape. On the tripod, 6 and 440 is near flat with nice bandwidth, especially 440. I re-tuned 6 meters for 50MHz. Have about 700KHz bandwidth.

I'm replacing my 2 meter quad with it. It takes two runs of coax. 2 meters and 70cm is fed by one. 6 meters fed separately. Both will be fed with LMR-400UF. I've eyeballed this antenna in the past. It should provide good V/U locally. I'm just tickled to have something with a little gain on 6 meters

 

[Mudfoot]

 

[Mudfoot]

I like this antenna. It's heavy towards the front. Might benefit from a counterweight. I'm lucky that I can reach the gammas.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I like this antenna. It's heavy towards the front. Might benefit from a counterweight. I'm lucky that I can reach the gammas.

That's what I was wondering. I know it is lightweight but it can't be too good for the rotator being off balance so bad. I would definitely add a counterweight to the rear.

 

[Mudfoot]

Yes, I might stick some weight inside the boom. I read where another user did just that. I shouId have heeded his advic. I do have somewhat easy access. It's also unwieldy when raising above your head to attach to the rotor. Antenna is only 10 pounds. It's kinda like putting up a V Quad.

 

[Mudfoot]

I've been calling CQ on 6. Nothing yet, but gonna keep calling. I already feel the bug to replace it with a big jobber for 6. 5 elements on V/U is turning out to be just fine.