I have used a number of G5RVs, both with and without balun. I carry one in my 'go-kit' because it goes up quickly and comes down easily. I have used duel band dipoles too but found them harder to get set up properly. The spacers would tend to get snagged in trees and made them harder to coil up without getting a birds nest. The K3 with internal antenna tuner likes it too. I have used them without a tuner on other rigs with some difficulty on 10 and 20 meters. I really like the antenna on 80 since it is omnidirectional and smaller than a 80M dipole. 73 Fred, AE6QL
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick Roth Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:39 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] G5RV antenna experience on K3 Hi there-- Am considering putting up a g5rv antenna and was wondering what experiences K3 users have with this antenna. Is an external tuner necessary? Is internal ATU3 up to the task of taming this wire? Any hints will be helpful -- 73 de Dick, ka1oz Elecraft K3/100 GAP Titan-DX Antenna PS: Sent twice before but didn't see it posted, first with digital signature affixed and the body as HTML and then without the signature. This one is plain text w/out signature. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
