[TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole

[Tom Osborne]

I put up a G5RV once to try to use as an 'all band' antenna for my 2nd 
radio.  After comparing it to regular antennas, it came right back 
down.  On 80 it really sucked compared to a dipole, 40 was mediocre and 
not much better on other bands.

If I had the choice of using a G5RV or not having any antenna, though, 
I'd sure use the G5RV.  RF gotta go somewhere :-)  73
Tom W7WHY


I could get it to load and that is about all I could say good about it.
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> 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.
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