The only problem which can occur running the coax directly to the ladder
line is that you can end up with RF in the shack.  I did this once and while
my signal was pretty good, things sometimes got pretty hot.

What could be done however is something similar to what I am doing right
now.  I have an inverted Vee which is 102 feet overall length fed with 450
ohm window line.  Just before the line enters the shack I have a current
balun and then come into the shack with about 10 to 12 feet of coax.  It
works very well and things in the shack are not hot with RF.  You already
have the makings for this antenna so you could just extend the ladder lline
and be set to go.  You want to keep the coax to the tuner as short as
possible.  That is the one major rule to remember in this sort of setup.

Good luck and very 73.


Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
Navy Marine Corps MARS:  NNN0SHS




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Subject: Re: Putting up G5RV antenna

All the plans I've seen for a g5rv require either rg8 or rg58 etc. cable.
I've seen people say you can go straight to the ladder line and some say
not.  Best advice is to try it but whomever made that thing for you ought to
be able to tell you what kind of cable it called for.  I've also found that
usually a 50ft or 100ft cable works best if you're using the full sized
g5rv.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html