[TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole

[Bry Carling AF4K]

Also - importantly.... the G5RV is 40 feet shorter which is a MAJOR consideration with a 
postage stamp lot like mine!

And yes, TRY trimming lengths on that 4 conductor rotator cable! Not too easy.
I don't want a 2 or 3 band antenna nd I have no  high point to make it an inverted vee really. 

Fan dipoles may be in expensive to build, but they are far from being simple to adjust.

YMMV

On 26 Apr 2015 at 7:34, WA8JXM wrote:

> You say fan dipoles are heavy and difficult to get to behave.   It all 
> depends.   You are right if done as a true dipole and for all the bands.
> 
> I cannot envision a 160/80/60/40/30/20/17/15/12/10m fan dipole although 
> I do recall Hint & Kinks publishing a 5 band fan dipole using 4 wire 
> flat rotator cable for the conductors.
> 
> However tfan dipoles do well as a 2 or 3 band inverted vee, supported in 
> the center.  I have a 160 and 80m fan inverted vee on the tower, and 15' 
> below it, a 40 and 30 m fan inverted vee, which also loads on 15m.   The 
> 30m is suspended from the 40m wire. However, the 160 and 80m vees go to 
> separate tie points.
> 
> I did, at one time have a 5 band fan dipole up in the air.  You are 
> right, they can be challenging to adjust when you get that many bands 
> tied together.
> 
> But they are good solid performing antennas, simple and inexpensive to 
> build.
> 
> 73, Ken WA8JXM
> 
> On 25/04/2015 23:27, Bry Carling wrote:
> > My experience has been entirely  different. Fan dipoles are extremely heavy and difficult to get to behave. A G5RV will take full legal power. It does not mysteriously generate noise as claimed. Many people use them on all bands with great success.
> > I'm not worried about supposed patterns. They just work.
>