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I stand corrected. All of the versions I've seen in the us do come with
a specific length of cable though. Thought I had an article on this
somewhere.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, David W Wood wrote:
> Tom:
>
> This is not strictly correct.
>
> The antenna system was designed by Lou Varney (G5RV) and the tuner was part
> of the antenna system, with the L network being an important part of the
> antenna design.
> Hence, if coaxial cable is put between the tuner and the ladder line, then
> technically it ceases to be a G5RV and becomes a centre fed doublet with
> ladder line feeder.
>
> David
>
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> Depending upon exactly your configuration its between 27 and 31 feet for the
> ladder line on a 104ft g5rv. Of course, in the original British version the
> ladder line connected directly to the tuner but because of rf problems etc.
> we
> usually use a cable to connect with some kind of choke.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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