John,
I figured they didn't come with coax any longer. I've had a short 102 foot
G5RV before and a longer modified one I added an extra 20 feet to on either
end so I could tune 160 better. I had those up at about 55 and 60 feet,
however, so compared to running it on my 38 foot tower over the house part
way, I doubt it will work as well but I'm interested in comparing it to the
R7 vertical that I have had for many years and had super good results with
on every band. I know neither one will out do my 40 meter rotatable dipole
when I get it up above 45 feet because I had a G5RV,also a delta loop with
the apex at 55 feet and the bottom wire of the triangle at about 12 feet,
and I had, at that time, a 40 meter KLM rotatable dipole at 60 feet. The
G5RV and delta loop were literally 4 and 5 S units below the rotatable
dipole. With the two different wire antennas, I never could work Europe
from Colorado at sunset but I did it almost every evening at sunset with the
dipole at 60 feet. Of course, when I went to the 2 element beam, there was
no comparison to any of my other 40 meter antennas, haw, but I decided
deliberately to just get the 40 meter rotating dipole because it isn't as
hard on rotators and you only have to turn it once and awhile when the tips
of the dipole happen to be pointed at where you wish to work because at the
lobes, signals can drop 30 DB or more but just a tap on the rotor, and
turning the dipole a few degrees, pops the signal right up. That cushcraft
40 meter beam I had ran 20 DB front to back so you almost were always
cranking it around. I had a tail twister then, however, and the 2 element
yagi was only about 6 to 7 square feet and the tail twister would handle 20
square feet of antenna. I have a ham 4 now which, of course, handles 14
square feet so my rotating dipole, 3 element 6 meter beam, and my 2 meter
antennas won't even come close.
Phil.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV
> none of them come with coax anymore, you probably got the same one I have
> as
> a backup to my cobra ultralite, in case something happens but I'm thinking
> about throwing it in my gokit actually. I like the cobra much better.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:17 PM
> Subject: G5RV
>
>
>> Well, I just ordered the shorter 102 foot total length G5RV. My old R7
>> vertical is on the roof at about 18 to 20 feet at the base and for the
>> last
>> year, I've been able to get a very good idea of how it works 40 through 6
>> meters. So, with the G5RV on my one and only remaining short 38 foot
>> Rohn
>> tower, I will be able to get a good comparison between the two antennas.
>> I
>> bought the G5RV from H R O for 40 dollars plus about 9 dollars shipping.
>> I
>> don't think this one comes with the extra 50 feet of coax, which is fine
>> with me, but hopefully by next weekend, I'll have it on the tower and
>> ready
>> to go.
>>
>> Phil.
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