Over the years we have been asked numerous times for a really lightweight portable 6m beam. Building on over a decade of experience making and marketing portable beams, the SB6 is our take on this tricky requirement. It has been designed to be very easy to use in the field taking less than 90 seconds to assemble. Of course, it performs well too. It’s contest-proven, punching well above its weight and out-performing many people with much larger antennas!
Six metres is a great band for portable operating. Often called “the magic band” it sits at the transition point between the HF and VHF spectrum, sharing propagation characteristics with both. You really never know what will be happening on six! Click here to see if there is anything happening on six metres right now.
The SB6 Six Meter Beam has been designed to open up the world of six to the lightweight portable operator. Its components have been selected to make your operating experience a pleasure!
The SB6 is designed to be used with our Universal Hub (not included).
The fibreglass spreaders are made specially for us. They have the right combination of weight and strength to work effectively in a wide variety of different weather conditions. The couplers are machined in aircraft grade aluminium. They have been carefully sized to make assembly really easy.
There are no ads, please add some
The antenna element is attached to the spreaders using rubber components made for us. We spent a lot of time making sure this antenna would be easy to use.
The SB6 comes with a Wire Winder to keep the antenna element tidy.
The perspex end-spacers give reproducible RF performance. To ensure precise element coupling, they are laser-cut with engraved spaging lines. The special fixing system is another SOTABEAMS innovation.
The SB6 comes complete with an attractive nylon antenna-bag making it easy to pack and carry.
The SB6 is designed to be mounted on a telescopic pole. It will work with pretty much any pole of this type including our SOTApoles and Travel Mast. The 22mm hole in the Universal Hub (available separately) allows the SB6 to find its own height.
Before first-time use, there is some self-assembly to do. This will take about 45 minutes. We also recommend customising your antenna by painting the fibreglass spreaders. Naturally we give full instructions and, of course, we are here to support you.
The SB6 is fitted with a BNC plug. Your feed system (not supplied) will need to include a balun. This is described in the instructions.
Recent Posts
Maritime Mobile Operation on LF May be a First for Amateur Radio
What began as a “let’s-see-if-we-can-do-this” effort resulted in successful Amateur Radio contacts on 475 kHz in early August by two Canadian operator... Read more
Morse Express Christmas Key by N1FN
“In Celebration of the Season… Morse Express presents the 2014 Christmas Key Fourteenth in the popular annual series, our 2014 Christmas... Read more
Hy-Gain AV-680 9 Band Vertical Update Video
Hy-Gain AV-680 9 Band Vertical Hy-Gain Multi-Band PATRIOT Vertical Antennas 9-band vertical covers 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 Meters • No radials • No... Read more
International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek Random Contacts
International Space Station “Hello, America. This is the International Space Station. Who’s out there?” And with that “CQ” of sorts on 145.800 MHz, NA... Read more
QST Antenna Design Competition Submission Deadline Looms
The deadline to submit a design for the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition is just ahead — September 1! The competition challenge is to design the be... Read more
Rules Released for New ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contes
The official rules for the new ARRL 222 MHz and Up Contest have been released. The contest will debut in August 2017. Participants will attempt to wor... Read more
His Majesty The King of Spain SSB Contest Rules
The King of Spain Sponsored by: Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE). Participants: Any licensed amateur station. Dates: SSB: 4rd full weekend of... Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT – FTM-400XD/FTM-400D/FTM-100D PDN
Announcement about the new firmware release for the FTM-400XD, FTM-400D, FTM-100D mobiles radio and PDN functionality. Read more
Alinco DJ-X81 0.1~1300MHz Seg TV voice · EWS receive corresponding receive
Base price (excluding tax): 36,800 yen ● reception frequency range: 0.100 ~ 252.895MHz / 255.100 ~ 261.895MHz 266.100 ~ 270.895MHz / 275.100 ~ 379.895... Read more
All About INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS by N6HB
INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS– Read Full Article: Read more
Kids Day is Sunday, June 21!
Kids Day is Sunday, June 21! (Don’t be fooled — the incorrect date appears in the “ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar.”) Sponsored by the ARRL and The Boring... Read more
Solar Storms: Regional Forecasts Set to Begin
For the first time beginning next month, forecasts of the regional effects of solar storms will help protect the power grid and communications satelli... Read more
There are no ads, please add some
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fportable-2-element-6m-beam%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
