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Re: [TenTec] antenna analyzer reading?

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] antenna analyzer reading?
From: Carter <k8vt@ameritech.net>
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:56:48 -0500
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John Graves wrote:

>  This not to say that there are not other dipoles of various designs
>  and arrangements will work well, just stop calling them G5RVs.  If
>  they work, then name them as desired.

Amen! You have pushed my pet peeve "hot button".

The G5RV started life as an antenna specifically designed for 20 meters. 
Period.

Unfortunately, consistently and for years and years, any dipole fed with 
ladder line was (is) incorrectly called a "G5RV".

Carter  K8VT
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