Chas-- these are all the equivelant of a dipole bent in a circle for
more or less omni directional- and they perform about equallly.
One consideration is they often change SWR , in wet weather.,
but that is more a consideration for a mobile operator. M Squared
also makes a version , and see :

http://jonz.net/W3DHJ/6mhalo.html

and, : http://www.qsl.net/k4pwo/sloop.htm

if you want to give home brewing one a try. These are NOT gain
antennas, but on even medieocre openings on six, can work quite
a few folks. For more effective antennas, a yagi is recommended.
Have fun on six. Been there, and done that for over 40 years.
Jim NN7K


wrote:
Have decided to pull out the IC736 and put it back into service and start
rebuilding the Ant farm

will hang a DX-CC and keep the Diamond dual bander. but am interested in
working skip or DX in 6m as it appears that a lot of people are having a lot of
fun doing it. actually, I would like to try to nail service with a town up
about 600 mi NW of me and doing it with 6m just seems like a hoot to me.

I have been looking at reviews on the PAR OA-50 and the KB6KQ 6M Loop
any comments on those.

or any other suggestions??

thanks
chas



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