Thanks, Tom. ... This is a good suggestion and sure worth a try.

Do you think having the ladder line more horizontal than vertical could also 
be throwing things off?

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

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Subject: Re: g5rv question


> Tom, if you've connected the ladder line directly to the rg8 or whatever 
> you're
> using, you need a choke.  Get a 5 or 6in piece of some sort of plastic 
> pipe and
> wrap ten or so turns of the rg8 around it very neatly and tape it into 
> place.  A
> transformer choke doesn't work for this but my guess is that will take 
> care of
> your problem.  The idea with moving the ladder line is to keep it away 
> from
> metal.  Whether you're using 300 or 450 ohm the impedance changes when its
> around metal, particular if it gets wet.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
>