Yes, he did state that it works on the other bands. His reason for the design
was for a 20 meter antenna which would fit in his garden (back yard) and give
him gain in the directions he needed. The other bands were a plus. He had no 40
meter version or 80 meter version. There is one and only one G5RV antenna,
Varney's original design. Anything else is not a G5RV so quite calling it that.
Bill KC4ATU
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:10:26 -0500> From: mathenyr@marietta.edu> To:
> tentec@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TenTec] G5RV> > At the risk of
> prolonging the misery of this thread, I must quote > Mr. Varney, G5RV in his
> "update" article in ARRL Antenna Compendium #1.> Quote, "The G5RV antenna,
> with it's special feeder arrangement, is a > multiband center-fed antenna
> capable of efficient operation on all the> HF bands from 3.5 to 28Mhz." From
> that quote, it would appear that Varney> had in mind more than 20 meters. The
> rest of his article is actually > quite interesting. He discusses each mode
> of operation, band band by > band. Must reading for those who wish to discuss
> the antenna, I would> think..........> > Ralph Matheny> K8RYU> 207 Gibbons
> Place> Marietta Ohio 45750> mathenyr@marietta.edu> > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2
> Feb 2009, Bill Rowlett wrote:> > >> > Were in the world did you come up with
> an 80 and 40 meter versions of a G5RV. The G5RV is a 20 meter antenna,
> PERIOD. G5RV designed it for 20 meters. Anything other than his design is not
> a G5RV, it is a center feed dipole.> >> > 73, Bill KC4ATU> >> Date: Mon, 2
> Feb 2009 03:30:02 -0800> From: wa9ysd@yahoo.com> To: tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] G5RV> > > > Don't get me wrong, adding the 15M wire to
> the 80M G5RV will work just fine.> > A 40M version for a G5RV is the same
> antenna except the antenna and feed line is just cut to half size. It will
> not work on 80M.> > Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD> > > > >
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