[Towertalk] choices

[Steve Katz]

Hi Jon,

Re G5RV on 80m, I like to think of it as leaky dummy load.  It's amazing how
much better a simple 125' dipole works, at only 23' longer...

WB2WIK/6

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jon Ogden [SMTP:na9d@speakeasy.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:48 PM
> To:	Steve Katz; 'David'; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	Re: [Towertalk] choices
> 
> on 10/8/02 3:16 PM, Steve Katz at stevek@jmr.com 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.
> 
> I agree.  I had one up and dumped it for an Alpha-Delta multi-band dipole
> which while very sharp and narrow banded on 80 still is a very good
> antenna
> for domestic stations on 80 and 40 at my height of about 45 feet.
> 
> The G5RV on 80 sorta acts like a capacitively loaded vertical, but not
> really....
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jon
> NA9D
> 
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