[TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

Without getting into a never-ending discussion of "which antenna is 
best", I would suggest that you consider just dropping 3 or 4 feet of 
each end straight down so that the remaining horizontal length will fit 
in your available space.  Most of the current is at the center so 
performance is not much affected (if any).

I am limited to wires at my house and I do have a lot of trees.  I have 
tried a number of variations of wire antennas.  One of my best 
performing antennas is an 80-Meter dipole with about 23' of each end 
dropped straight down.  Iy is up about 70'.  I have it fed with 450-ohm 
line through a 4:1 balun down on the ground and then coax to the house.  
Whatever the SWR is in the shack the Orion tuner "tunes it" and it works 
on all bands 80 through 10. I am NOT claiming this is the greatest 
antenna in the world, but it works extremely well.

In any event, before you run out a buy a new antenna I would recommend 
that you try dropping the ends enough to allow your existing antenna to 
fit your space.

On 2015-04-25 14:11, Dick NY1E wrote:
> I'm operating from a small lot in Florida winters, I have a 40M dipole
> up but it doesn't quite fit my opening, it is into the branches 5 or 6
> feet. I wonder what the 51' G5RV would perform like compared to the
> dipole on 40, and as a bonus I might get some other bands...   Any
> ideas???de Dick  NY1E/4www.ny1e.com
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