Steve,
I worked over 275 entities on 80 and over 300 on 40 with my G5RV (at my
prior QTH before moving to the new QTH) so I guess "LEAKY DUMMY LOADS" DO
WORK...SOMETIMES.
Joe, W1JR
At 07:46 AM 10/9/2002 -0700, Steve Katz wrote:
>Hi Jon,
>
>Re G5RV on 80m, I like to think of it as leaky dummy load. It's amazing how
>much better a simple 125' dipole works, at only 23' longer...
>
>WB2WIK/6
>
>"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
>Mario Andretti
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Ogden [SMTP:na9d@speakeasy.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:48 PM
> > To: Steve Katz; 'David'; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Towertalk] choices
> >
> > on 10/8/02 3:16 PM, Steve Katz at stevek@jmr.com wrote:
> >
> > > I wouldn't mount a G5RV as an inverted vee; actually a G5RV's not much
> > of an
> > > antenna on 80m at all, so I wouldn't bother with it.
> >
> > I agree. I had one up and dumped it for an Alpha-Delta multi-band dipole
> > which while very sharp and narrow banded on 80 still is a very good
> > antenna
> > for domestic stations on 80 and 40 at my height of about 45 feet.
> >
> > The G5RV on 80 sorta acts like a capacitively loaded vertical, but not
> > really....
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jon
> > NA9D
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Jon Ogden
> > NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
> >
> > Life Member: ARRL, NRA
> > Member: AMSAT, DXCC
> >
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> >
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