Hey, thanks for that, bad guess on my part, grin.
Keith Reedy
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On May 31, 2011, at 9:56 AM, John Miller wrote:
> He has a yaesu 450, not kenwood. yaesu can't come up with original model
> numbers so steals kenwoods in an attempt to probably ruin the kenwood used
> market.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Reedy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: G5RV Conversion to Loop
>
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I had been reading this thread and just noticed that you have a Kenwood =
>> 450. I ran a 450 with a G5RV for a long time with no problems in tuning =
>> with the 450s internal tuner. The tuner in the 450 in my opinion is a =
>> good deal better than anything els I have used and it seems that it will =
>> tune about anything. The guy We sold it to tuned his fence in his back =
>> yard and used it for part of one winter. Just remember to keep the 300 =
>> ohm stub in the clear and you should be fine.
>>
>> 73 and good DX.
>>
>> Keith-wa9dro
>> Keith Reedy
>> Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift =
>> from Bibles For The Blind.
>>
>> http://biblesfortheblind.org/download_music.shtml
>>
>> God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson =
>> Taylor.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 31, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all:=3D20
>>> =20
>>> I'm just going over a backup antenna plan should my FT-450 don't tune =
>> my =3D
>>> G5RV.=3D20
>>> Rather than try and unload my station components, as you wouldn't get =
>> =3D
>>> near to what you pay for equipment when its new, likewise the G5RV, I =
>> =3D
>>> thought about converting it to a 40M loop antenna.=3D20
>>> So to do this, would it only be to add the appropriate length of wire =
>> to =3D
>>> close up the antenna legs, turning it into a triangle, with the ladder =
>> =3D
>>> line feeding one corner.=3D20
>>> I could mount the loop on its side. One corner on the tower, the other =
>> =3D
>>> on the standoff, about 7 feet off the ground just out side the shack =3D=
>>
>>> window and the third corner to the tree where my windoms long leg is =
>> now =3D
>>> tied.=3D20
>>> Again about 7 feet off the ground. The feed point of the loop would be =
>> =3D
>>> about 50 feet. =3D20
>>> So I'd have a triangle with the measurements of 51 per side with a =
>> 38.56 =3D
>>> foot base. Taking the formula of 1005 and dividing it by the frequency =
>> =3D
>>> of 7.150 for the middle of the 40M band minus the 102 feet of G5RV.
>>> I'd have to give up 80M but according to a Gentleman on the FT-450 =3D
>>> group, I'd have an antenna that would cover 40M/6M, including 30M, =
>> which =3D
>>> the 450 would have no problems in tuning.=3D20
>>> I really won't mind giving up 80 as I've pretty much worked all I =
>> could =3D
>>> hear anyway with my setup, which stretches from the midwest of North =3D=
>>
>>> America to western europe and Africa. To really work some vary long =
>> hall =3D
>>> DX, I'd have to have some kind of directional array plus power.=3D20
>>> I purchased this antenna because I needed approximately 100 feet of =
>> new =3D
>>> coax and my home brewed windom was starting to come apart and I =
>> figured =3D
>>> I by a commercial product ready to go up on the tower with no =
>> hassles.=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> 73:=3D20
>>> =20
>>> Michael De VO1RYN=3D20
>>> =3D20
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