A G5RV fed with open wire feedline and a tuner will work just as well as a
regularly configured G5RV. The flat top wire does the radiating and it is
the same length in either configuration so the results are the same. The
advantage of the G5RV was that no tuner was required for the bands it was
designed for. That one higher frequency 'problem' band is the cause of all
the modifications and adjustments already described. The designer of the
G5RV did not include that band in his basic design. The advantage of a
simple dipole, resonant length or not, fed open line is a perfect 1:1 on
any frequency on any band and you don't have to use coax anywhere.
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