[TenTec] G5RV

[Bill Rowlett]

Yes, he did state that it works on the other bands. His reason for the design was for a 20 meter antenna which would fit in his garden (back yard) and give him gain in the directions he needed. The other bands were a plus. He had no 40 meter version or 80 meter version. There is one and only one G5RV antenna, Varney's original design. Anything else is not a G5RV so quite calling it that.
 
Bill  KC4ATU
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:10:26 -0500> From: mathenyr at marietta.edu> To: tentec at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TenTec] G5RV> > At the risk of prolonging the misery of this thread, I must quote > Mr. Varney, G5RV in his "update" article in ARRL Antenna Compendium #1.> Quote, "The G5RV antenna, with it's special feeder arrangement, is a > multiband center-fed antenna capable of efficient operation on all the> HF bands from 3.5 to 28Mhz." From that quote, it would appear that Varney> had in mind more than 20 meters. The rest of his article is actually > quite interesting. He discusses each mode of operation, band band by > band. Must reading for those who wish to discuss the antenna, I would> think..........> > Ralph Matheny> K8RYU> 207 Gibbons Place> Marietta Ohio 45750> mathenyr at marietta.edu> > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Bill Rowlett wrote:> > >> > Were in the world did you come up with an 80 and 40 meter versions of a G5RV. The G5RV is a 20 meter antenna, PERIOD. G5RV designed it for 20 meters. Anything other than his design is not a G5RV, it is a center feed dipole.> >> > 73, Bill KC4ATU> >> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 03:30:02 -0800> From: wa9ysd at yahoo.com> To: tentec at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TenTec] G5RV> > > > Don't get me wrong, adding the 15M wire to the 80M G5RV will work just fine.> > A 40M version for a G5RV is the same antenna except the antenna and feed line is just cut to half size. It will not work on 80M.> > Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD> > > > > _______________________________________________> TenTec mailing list> TenTec at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec> > _________________________________________________________________> > Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail.> > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009> > _______________________________________________> > TenTec mailing list> > TenTec at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec> >
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