Moxon Antenna Build for 6 Meters 

This is a good video. Easy to follow along with. BUT, I could never make a thing like that without a hot cup of coffee. 😄 I like the idea of those fiberglass electric fence posts. I would not have thought of it. That looks like just the thing for a field day event.

In a word: OUTSTADING! Clear, consise, and very well presented. A hat tip to you Sir. I've wanted to get on 6M SSB and the FM Repeaters for years. You just showed me how easy it can be and with band edge to edge usable SWR. I have so many projects running simultaneously that I can't keep track of them. Some I've just started, some are at some level of completion, but none have been completed. YIKES...... I suspect I have some form of AD. In my mid-teens, my Grandmother said 'Rusty, you never finish anything'. So for the last 65+ years, I've been working really hard to prove that that Grand Old Lady was 100% correct. Hi-Hi..... Well, you just added another project to my list. But, this is so easy that I can start it in a week or two and finish it in one or two days. A great Rainy-Day project. If I do this, I'll come back and edit this post. Say a prayer for me..... 73 from So NH

I got mine built, and was able to make two contacts this morning from Danville KY to Muncie Indiana and Indianapolis so that's great, I am working on strength ting the hub so I have to make a new one love this antenna

One of the best video on Antennas!!

Wow what a nice design! You make this look quick and easy and your instructions are clean and easy to follow. A work of caution on the Dremel, those mini saw blades can get dangerous VERY QUICKLY! I almost cut my thumb off one time because I was holding the piece with one hand and cutting with the other and at high rpms the blade can grab the piece you're cutting and take off. You're smart to use a vise! The 6 meter Moxon I built used 1/2 inch copper pipe and was more square than rectangle. It worked great, but I noticed that it radiated down the coax when I checked it with a cheap homemade field strength meter. I used your technique of making a few turns of coax around a small coffee can and then taping and using wire ties around the coax. I didn't leave the coffee can in place, I just used it as a guide while winding the coax. I've heard that it works best when you make the coax 1/2 wavelength long, but I just winged it and wound it a bunch of times and the turns even overlapped each other. It was kind of a mess, but absolutely had NO rf on the coax after that point! It would be cool to see you add 2 meters to this as well. I'm not sure if you could feed them with the same coax or not. I love these plumbers delight design and you build hem in the true spirit of amateur radio. Way better than buying something out of a box for hundreds of dollars! As a Mainer myself, I appreciate your shirt, although I did live in South Carolina for 17 years and always like traveling through Georgia. Thanks Steve and 73's.

Just started this build , I used to my band Saw to cut the PVC and not a rotary tool, great job

I have been using this GREAT antenna for about 6 months. Making lots of QSO's would recommend it to anyone... Thanks Steve 73 KB7MM

Just what I was looking for - excellent work!

Enjoyed watching. Just beginning here looking for ideas and you sure gave me one! Subscribed.

Thanks for a great step by step guide to building an easy to do build

Looking to build my first 6m Moxon. Your video was exactly what I needed to move ahead. Thanks you very much. 73 AC8SW

I like the subtle tribute to Les Nessman, interesting video.

Great job there ,will have to make one of these for portable , 73's

Nice build. Good video.

Tnx for this video. I made notes an I am going to give this a build. I already have all the materials in my junk box.

Saw this show up on my feed. Very nice build. Will have to put this on the list for antenna projects. Thanks for sharing. de W5KAL

Very nice. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks Steve great clip easy build found all of my needs except for the SO239 at the big box store Lowes. Have mine on portable fiber glass mast at 30 feet. My first Maxon 73 KB7MM

Excellent video. Just finished my build. Hope to have it on the air tomorrow. NB4T

Great video! Just subscribed!!!

Great video

Nice antenna, can't wait to see it in action

Nice build 👍👏👏

Nice build. I like the way the wire elements are held taught. It looks like it will hold up to the test of time. I would have like to see better coverage of you mounting it to the mast and to hear the antenna to get a feeling for its directivity and noise characteristics, but maybe you’ve already covered that in another video, so I’ll have a look through your library. Thanks for sharing. 73s.

Great video and nice design. Seems like it would be a hair lighter and cheaper with pvc for the X, using a short straight section and a couple Y's, though it would take some measuring.

Excellent

Just tune the antenna for 52 Mhz with 10 AWG stranded or solid wire. The #10 AWG will broadband the antenna by lowering antenna "Q" and extend the tuned 2:1 SWR curve for the whole 6 Meter band. Enjoy !

Been looking for a alternative to dipole, and your idea has given me the route to getting on 6 mtrs with without a dipole,Thanks for the clear instructions. DE G1GDB

Excellent!

Very good instructional video👍N4TOP

👍Thanks for sharing.

Cool antenna. Love 6M! KD4HCT

Suggestion. The SO239 you used has white nylon insulation. During soldering this softens and distorts. When it cools you can get a poor connection. SO339's with a brown bakalite type insulation are the same price but do not have this problem.

hub out of pvc? heat gun and a pair of 2x4s or similar

There is a company call timeless fence that makes non conductive tee post for electric fence. Not sure there would be a need for that here but I thought I would pass that on.

Very Good Job, 73" F5TFB/Alain

Steve where did you cut the driven element in the at 40 inches center

Thanks for the video. Can you adjust the feed point for best SWR, and how much of the band does it cover?

Hi Steve. Thanks for the great video. I'm nearly finished building a copy and have one question. I'm curious about the coax connection device on the active element. If you gave dimensions, particularly the distance between the dipole half's I missed that. When measuring the 80 inches for the active dipole is just the wire measured, or is the measurement including the gap between the connection posts? Thanks.

Really good vid, may thanks. De GM0CQV

Only critisism is your choice of PL259 with the white nylon insulator These usually distort when heat is applied. Look for connectors with a brown insulator as they don't have this problem. Ian G4JIU

Good video, I don't get the four rods to the corners, It is more rigid to run one backbone parallel to the direction of signal, the long axis, and then use two width length pieces in an I configuration. Fiberglass is too hard to find, wood ends up lighter.

Which Solder did you use Steve on the HUB ? Resin Core or Acid Core ??? TNX For the Inspiration Video .

Interesting. Never have seen an antenna like this. I wonder if chokes like that on a Hustker vertical antenna or an EFHW could be used to work bands on lower frequencies like 40 & 80 for this antenna? Has any thought been given to that idea?

Very nice video. I am 80% done with my moxon build. Considering other ways to attach the antenna to to the fiberglass poles. I do not want a permanent threaded solution as shown in your build. Any other ideas? Thanks KK4NKR Brian

Where might I find all the exact measurements and dimensions? Does anyone have diagram or parts list? Thank you!

Why I have seen so many people use this antennas vertically?? what is the correct positioning??

I know mine may differ but what was the final length of each section tuned? Great stuff and hope to work you from East TN sometime! K4RJJ

Steve where did you find the 4' tent poles, having hard time finding them

What were the fiberglass rods originally intended/designed for? Knowing what they are intended for will make it easier for me to find them I think. Thanks

Steve how for from the ends of rods do you bore holes (your outside holes)

how many turns of the wire on the connectors do you have

Hi great antenna what size are the fibreglass rods thanks 2I0EVH

What diameter is your fibreglass rods pease ?

Thanks for posting your video well done nice work, I am going to make one my self the six meter band has bin open for some time, I have a vractal for six meter not a beam thanks Steve for sharing your idea with us out here looking to make home made antennas system TED KD2ARD....

If that is 5/8 on the outside that's probably cpbc

Did you get your military poles over at the military base at fort Benning ? 73 AE4OY William Peacock EM-81UF SOUTH EAST GEORGIA 😁

Wonderful video! Thanks... KA7WOF

Club build

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🤩*Good manufacturing home made 73 F1OGV

That is not a tent pole. It is a multi-purpose sectional fiberglass pole. Just sayin!