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My first 6m beam too! I purchased my Blue Star 6m 4el. beam through the 'bob-and-linda' store on E-bay for about $90.00. It arrived in fine shape about 8 or 9 days later, and the day it arrived, I eagerly set it up per the pretty decent instruction booklet. Since I have yet to obtain a rotor and to undergo the effort of mounting it really high up on a pole I have, I opted for a temporary set-up whereby it is on a pole only 8 feet above the ground, in horizontal-polarization fashion, to an concrete umbrella stand in the back yard. I simply hand-turn the beam wherever the skip is coming from.
Even with my modest setup, running 100 watts into this low-beam, after eagerly awaiting 6m to open up this past spring and summer, the 6 meter fun began! On several occasions, I got a "strong signal" report from even mobiles. The big fun was during the ARRL VHF QSO Party when 6m opened up double-hop to FL from my California desert location. SO this beam, in its totally sub-optimal location in my yard, has proven to be a great performer. Tuneup was a snap. per instructions - I just set the element via the instructions, and was happy to have very excellenet (low) SWR. That was probably the hardest part of set-up, and it was easy too. So I give two thumbs up to this antenna! Steve N6NKS
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