6 Meter Squalo Antenna Build

Building and installing a homebrew 6M "squalo" antenna.

[Hawgfrog]

That's a great tripod. I've been using it for years and it still looks like the day I bought it.

[whirledpeas]

Thanks for the instructional video. You are an excellent teacher, and missed your calling.

[KOVNX]

This is a very nice project!!! Very simple, clean work, good job on not overcomplicating or overanalyzing things! It would have taken me a lot more failures and fixes! So satisfying to hear some CW coming in on that test!!!

[Michael-tc]

I used flexible corrugated plastic electrical conduit
to span the gap. I used two small hose clamps to hold it in place. Works FB!

I previously built a different version in
2013. During a band opening I was
heard in Scotland before it faded out !

[ellisc.foleyjr]

Hi again Chris, wow! its been two years since I first watched this video. and I just watched it all the way through again. And I'm sad to say we have not gotten into each other's logs on 6m. but I'm always monitoring the band still my favorite band since 1972. I monitor 50.125 on my 160m dipole and kenwood (only does 50w) then switch to my Yaesu with 100w and 8 element yagi homebrew on 26ft boom. so make noise ! if I hear you I'll work you! thanks again and 73 gud dx de Ellis WA1RKS

[jeromegrzelak]

In Chicago 1963 there were abt 100 am stations 5 watts and a regen txcvr i loved it wn9eox

[JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures]

I know this is over a year old, but I am so glad I found it! I need to get a 6 Meter antenna up here at my home since I have the 817ND that can do 6 Meters. Yea I know it is qrp, but I still want the capability to work 6. I was just going to throw up a 6 Meter dipole, but I like this setup better!! I sub’d to your channel and am watching your other videos. Thanks for sharing! Juddie WD8WV

[Swaggerlot]

Looks very much like a scaled up version of the Jaybeam 2m halo that I used /M on my BL Mini and FT290 many years ago. It worked well beyond expectations.

[richarde]

the non conductive spacer can be a piece of sprinkler pvc pipe (found at home dopie, where the sprinkler elbows and connectors are located). it fits perfectly inside a 1/2” copper pipe.

[ernestneijenhuis]

Great job, Chris!! I really enjoyed watching your story on building your squalo. Nice to see people getting inspired by my blog :-)
73, Ernest PA3HCM

[frankelly]

Followed your lead and built this antenna last weekend. Worked like a charm and happened to catch the 6 meter band open and made contacts in the Midwest from my qth in Massachusettts. Thanks for the nice video. 73 KC1NDQ

[warplanner]

A really nice video: informative and very entertaining! Also an interesting antenna. I built some copper J-poles for myself and for my Civil Air Patrol squadron - their VHF frequencies bracket our 2m band. As for aligning the pipe, the antennas were laid out on the garage floor and then "sweated".

Figure that should work for your squalo!

Thank you again

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[pauls]

You likely always had a 6m antenna, a 40m dipole works well on 6m openings, I have used it to make 1000km/m contacts on SSB every nice job on the squalo thanks for posting

[robertchambers]

Awesome Video! I really liked the fact you were dealing with problems and making it work as the build progressed. It is a great how to video.



Thanks,
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[kwo]

Nice job Chris. You do a really nice job making these videos. You are a good teacher! I have been using a similar squalo like that for years and when the 6 Meter openings come, it really performs well. Keep up the great work! 73, George K2WO.

[AdamDeal-KFPRI]

very nice build! for my 6meter antenna i made my own deicated delta loop which works great! a friend and i use it localy ever so often just to ragchew! 73's

[kolohejoe]

Great Job on this. I can't wait to get set up. Studying for now.

[opticchild]

I love the video. Im brand new into the hobby and am interested in a 6m band antenna. Glad I found this.

[skaramicke]

Great looking! I’ll need to give this a try at some point. Would be interested to see if feeding this balanced antenna through a balun would have any significance too.

[herdbrian]

I realize this is a few years old now but when I built one a few years ago I took a small piece of copper strap drilled a hole in the center and made a "butterfly" capacitor that went over the space in the gap I could then adjust it over a much wider range of the 6m band without needing to cut anything. using a marker ran the analyzer on it and was able to mark directly on it the aprox. position of each center frequency. it made tuning easy and no fuss. well done 73 ve3hbj