Some places for some reason they will perform different. where I live now a
ground mounted vertical is the only thing that works on 20, 40, and 80.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV and RFI/TVI?
>I ran one for a couple years and it worked just fine on 80. I also ran
> the double size one and it worked great on 160 and 80.
> I also put the same one up in another location and it didn't seem to
> work very well at all. Bottom lline, try it.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Aug
> 2012, Harry Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi Pat and all,
>> Since we're talking g5rvs, anybody using one on 80, who's getting out =
>> real good?
>> I'm just curious, because it would be nice to hear from someone on the =
>> list who has been very successful getting out on 80 with one! All the =
>> hams I've ever talked to have told me, that they're just average on 80, =
>> and some, nobody could hear.
>> So, if you're successful, let us know. It would be nice to hear of =
>> someone who gets out real well using one on 80.
>> Trippy, ac8s
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Pat Byrne=20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: G5RV and RFI/TVI?
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>> I have used G5RV antennaes for probably twenty years, installed high=20
>> and in the clear and low and not in the clear. I have never thought=20
>> they were any more likely to cause interference than any other=20
>> wires/beams that I have had in place. I am old school and still use=20
>> a low pass filter and perhaps that helps. I'll bet I still have one=20
>> lying around not doing anything if you need one.
>> Overall for a compromise antenna, I like the G5RV.
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 08:49 PM 8/13/2012, you wrote:
>> >Hello, folks.
>> >
>> >In addition to the alternatives I already have discussed, I'm =
>> considering
>> >the possibility of putting up the 102-foot G5RV that I have out at =
>> the camp
>> >site for HF operation.
>> >
>> >There is a tree right in back of my RV that I could use as the =
>> centerpoint
>> >for the antenna, and then it would be a matter of figuring out where =
>> to tie
>> >off the ends. Right now, that is a bit of a puzzler, since there are =
>> no
>> >nearby trees in the needed end locations.
>> >
>> >The other thing, of course, is that I will have to get permission of =
>> the
>> >camp site manager to string the antenna where it needs to go. =
>> Although we
>> >have been on friendly terms with this guy for the last 8 years, and =
>> even
>> >though he is aware of my ham radio activities, I can't guarantee that =
>> he
>> >will give his consent to this possibility.
>> >
>> >One issue too that I need to address is RFI and TVI. As you can =
>> imagine,
>> >the camp sites are pretty close, and many of the campers have normal =
>> TV's
>> >with normal TV antennas.
>> >
>> >
>> >What do you guys know about the G5RV's potential for TVI and RFI, and =
>> if
>> >this is likely, what is the easiest and cheapest way to deal with it?
>> >
>> >I will be using no more than 100 watts out at the RV, with my TS480.
>> >
>> >Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
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