Thank you Eric.
Here is an antenna reflector link anten...@mailman.qth.net.
73,
Tom
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:40:51 -0800, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
e...@elecraft.com wrote:
Let's wrap up the G5RV OT discussion by the end
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of k3...@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37 PM
To: Ken G Kopp
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: G5RV's and variants
From my experience, hams misunderstand antennas more
Interesting observation, Ken. After seeing a upsurge of interest in G5RV
antennas discussed on various ham radio reflectors (and noting that the
interest seems most enthusiastic among newly-minted hams), I honestly feel that
the recommendations from one new ham to the next seems to be based on
There is a reason that the G5RV is a good beginner's first antenna, IMO. It is
relatively easy to install.
Of course the same size antenna performs better as a doublet fed with balanced
line, but I had a lot of trouble with balanced line when I was starting out. I
didn't know enough to get
Yes sure...
Kurt N. Sterba who once wrote an article in World Radio about how he connected
two shopping carts to the end of his coax and worked the world.
So working this or that is very unimpressive. Have you ever been he a QSO and
turned the power down from a 100 watts to 1 watt and were still
Let's wrap up the G5RV OT discussion by the end of today in the interest
of keeping list volume under control for others.
73,
Eric
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I have always been amused by the antenna adverts that say things like I
worked 100 countries in 6 hours or some such nonsense.
Those type ads never give radiation patterns or any other meaningful
data that can be used to compare with other antennas.
That does not mean that the ads were
A 66ft off-centre-fed dipole works better than the 105ft G5RV worked on
multiple bands.
Remember, however, that when Louis Varney designed his antenna (aerial in
those days, probably) we all had valve (tube) transmitters which could cope
with the wide variation in impedance. My only matching
. Have you ever been he a QSO and turned the power down from a 100 watts to 1
watt and were still Q5?
As a matter of fact, YES! emphatically, most of the time actually... and even
more of the time I start at 5 and then turn it downon 40-30-20
especially, and on 160 and 80, I find that
My 2 cents,
As a relatively new ham lacking any real world skills with regards to making
antenna's, the G5RV has worked for me. I am very limited in time, I am not
normally home more than 10 days a month so my spare time is limited. But I
still have some time to enjoy the hobby and personally
From my experience, hams misunderstand antennas more than anything else they
have as a part of their station. What I've been able to discover for the
popularity of the G5RV is that you have an all band antenna in just 102'.
The other issues have to do with the concept of resonance in an antenna
13, 2013 5:37 PM
To: Ken G Kopp
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: G5RV's and variants
From my experience, hams misunderstand antennas more than anything else
they have as a part of their station. What I've been able to discover for
the popularity of the G5RV is that you have
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