I do not have a G5RV, but I do have a "Mystery Antenna" that is similar. They both have a "stub" line made of ladder line. The problem with the ladder line is that it radiates RF so you must must must get it away from anything susceptible to RF. Mine is not far enough away from the shack and I get into various items regularly on 30m and higher. Once my hexbeam gets back in the air, I should be okay.
I have always read that you will need a tuner on anything other than 20m with this antenna - the same is true for the mystery antenna. I have the KAT3. I bought it after my LDG tuner quit working. I bought it on the recommendation of the reflector and I'm glad I did. It tunes so many more bands than the LDG tuned. You should have no problems with the KAT3 and the G5RV. Joel - W4JBB On 3/9/2012 1:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 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 KAT3 up to the task of taming this wire? > > Any hints will be helpful ______________________________________________________________ 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
