Topband: Converting a full-size G5RV to a T for 160m

[Tom W8JI]

> I saw a few items in a Google search where guys had converted their
> full-size G5RV into a T antenna on 160m.  It had something to do with 
> adding
> the obligatory counterpoise and shorting the feedline.  This would turn 
> the
> antenna from a horizontal radiator to a vertical radiator.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any info on this?  Or can you refer me to a source?

Try this:

http://www.w8ji.com/g5rv_facts.htm

When I lived on a suburban lot, I phased my G5RV against a ~100-foot tall 
insulated base tower. I had two unidirectional patterns and two 
bi-directional patterns from that system.

73 Tom