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Re: G5RV Operation
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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 4 Jul 2011 18:59:39 -0400
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The Van gordon ones didn't care about coax length but I hear the other ones, 
like the one I am stuck with now unfortunately do. It didn't effect me 
though since with the 10 turns, 50 feet was about 5 feet longer than I 
needed to make it to my radio so I left it as is.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV Operation


> I've always had to have pretty close to exactly 50ft of coax on a g5rv. 
> It just
> doesn't like less or even more.  I've found a 4 to 1 balun works better 
> than the
> choke also.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

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