David,

I figured, with his call, it surely could have been around a lot longer.
I've used the shorter versions a couple of times over the years and had
great luck with them.  Then I put two of them together, well, sort of speak,
by adding 20 extra feet on to the end of each leg.  I got it to work with a
tuner on 160 pretty well and of course, it also tuned much better at the
bottom of 80 CW, too.  My first rig was the DX20, as a novice, and a BC348
receiver, of all things.

Phil.
K0NX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David W Wood" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: DXCC 100


> Phil:
>
> The G5RV has been around for more than 60 years.
>
> I had the privilege of going to a talk given by Lou some 20+ years ago in
> which he explained the intimate working of his antenna in the correct
form.
> Over the years it has been modified for commercial convenience.
>
> The antenna is not just the bits of wire, but a particular L C network for
> resonating it on the ham bands.
>
> The design was before coaxial cable was within the price range of
amateurs.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: 25 December 2006 07:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: DXCC 100
>
> David,
>
> I didn't realize the G5RV antenna had been around that long.  That's
> interesting.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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