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[Chuck Counselman]

At 1:16 PM -0700 10/8/02, Steve Katz wrote:
>I wouldn't mount a G5RV as an inverted vee; actually a G5RV's not 
>much of an antenna on 80m at all, so I wouldn't bother with it.


It's not _all_ bad.  My G5RV in the shape of an inverted "U" only 30 
feet high and my friend W1NU's G5RV in the shape of an inverted "V" 
55 feet high at its apex both work well on both 80 and 40 meters (as 
well as 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 m).

How well?  On 80 m transmitting just 5 watts I worked the UK several 
times last *summer*.  On 40 m transmitting 10 watts I worked the UK 
and several countries in Europe.  On 40 m transmitting 100 to 200 
watts I worked all continents except Antarctica (which I did work on 
20 and 17 m).

73 de Chuck, W1HIS