- 1. Topband: G5RV Conversion For 160M Use (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Murray via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 16:54:10 +0000 (UTC)
- I have a 204' (double) G5RV I'm contemplating "strapping" for use on 160M. It presently has 65' of 450 ohm ladder line and 70' of RG8X with a 20' choke in the coax.It's configured as a flat top, app
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- 2. Re: Topband: G5RV Conversion For 160M Use (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Jillings (G3OIT)" <g3oit.keith@jillings.org.uk>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:53:24 +0100
- 160M. It presently has 65' of 450 ohm ladder line and 70' of RG8X with a 20' choke in the coax.It's configured as a flat top, approx. 60' on each end and 50' at the middle, fed into a big old Dentron
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-06/msg00035.html (8,003 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: G5RV Conversion For 160M Use (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:25:35 -0700
- Hi Jim, 60 ft is very low for a horizontal antenna on 160, but that could load quite well as a top-loaded vertical. Simply tie both sides of the ladderline together and load it against as many radial
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-06/msg00038.html (8,389 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: G5RV Conversion For 160M Use (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 17:14:40 -0700
- "Tuning" and 'working well" are two very different things. Jim's antenna at 50-60 ft is too low to be very effective on 160M. When I first moved here, I had a 160 dipole at about 125 ft, and it was "
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