I refer to that below my reply.

The original G5RV didn't have any coax, purely open wire feeder as it
was designed in the days when coax was only used for very well funded
and sophisticated commercial or military installations.

Additionally, I understand that the tuning/coupling circuit is critical
to the design, but cannot recall what Lou Varney said in the talk of his
which I attended some 20 years ago.

73 de G3YXX



I think you wrote  below <[log in to unmask]>,
Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I'm not sure of the length any more, think I doubled the feed line and the
>length of coax was the same.  That doesn't appear to be critical, although
>I've been told by some that it should be 50 feet or more, and should have
>a current ballon on the end that connects to the feed line.
>
>73s
>Butch      WA0VJR

David W Wood
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