I've also used a G5RV at various times. My first use was as a temporary
compromise antenna (all all-band antennas are a compromise of course) when
we moved to the coast. Worked great, considering, at around 50 feet, but
I've also burned up the connection between the antenna wires and the
feedline and at the coax/feedline junction with an amp in the mix. Rebuilt
it a couple of times and now just use it as a portable antenna for my trips
to lighthouses and other special event operations. Works OK with the 1000D,
990 or 900 and is an easy package to put up. I've used it in about every
conceivable configuration you can think of, including laying on the ground.
Autotuners in the rigs handled it well and I always have made a reasonable
number of contacts, albeit the reception reports sometimes lacked of course.
Grants comments re the choke used on the commercially available one I used I
agree with. Are there better compromise wire antennas, probably, I've
certainly not tried them all.
Don W7WLL
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Osborne
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 9:07 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole
I put up a G5RV once to try to use as an 'all band' antenna for my 2nd
radio. After comparing it to regular antennas, it came right back
down. On 80 it really sucked compared to a dipole, 40 was mediocre and
not much better on other bands.
If I had the choice of using a G5RV or not having any antenna, though,
I'd sure use the G5RV. RF gotta go somewhere :-) 73
Tom W7WHY
I could get it to load and that is about all I could say good about it.
On 25/04/2015 23:27, Bry Carling wrote:
My experience has been entirely different. Fan dipoles are extremely
heavy and difficult to get to behave. A G5RV will take full legal power.
It does not mysteriously generate noise as claimed. Many people use them
on all bands with great success.
I'm not worried about supposed patterns. They just work.
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