One thing I've learned over the years, when it comes to antennas, you might
as well try it and experiment because what works for me may not work for
you, what worked in one QTH didn't work in another, varying drastically from
the instructions for an antenna may or may not have much effect and might
even make it work better. You really should be able to do at least something
with what you want to do. Even the manufacturer of my antenna told me as
close to trailers and metal sheds as I have my vertical it would never work
and I'd be wasting time trying it, not only does it work but I didn't even
have to adjust it very far off the settings the last person had it at and
not at all on most bands and it works just fine. If you saw how close it is
to all kinds of metal, you'd never believe it works. It amazes me daily.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: Another G5RV Question
> Thanks, Colin.
>
> I am just going to have to work under some pretty tight conditions out
> there, and just don't want to waste the effort if things are not likely
> going to work.
>
> So, again, you are very encouraging, and I appreciate your and everyone's
> patience.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Another G5RV Question
>
>
>> it seems to play reasonably well with part of the latter line on the
>> ground,
>> or horrizontal.
>> As i said before, a guy at the camp area we were at had his g5RV ten feet
>> off the ground, with almost all of the latter line on the ground, fed
>> with
>> a
>> chunk of 50 ohm coax...his internal tuner tuned it and he was able to
>> check
>> into the nets, and make a few dx contacts along the way.
>> He talked to japan and somewhere in europe on that antenna without even
>> really trying.
>> Ours had part of the latter line lying on the ground as well and it was
>> definitely not all vertical.
>> It worked pretty nicely as well...so the short anser is, don't worry
>> about
>> it, it doesn't seem to drastically effect the performance of the antenna.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:07 PM
>> Subject: Another G5RV Question
>>
>>
>>> Hi, folks.
>>>
>>> Upon further inspection, it turns out that there is a nice tall oak tree
>>> behind our RV that I might be able to use as the center point for my
>>> G5RV.
>>>
>>> But, here's the question:
>>>
>>> I am not sure how high I'll be able to get the center up into that tree,
>>> and
>>> since the XYL might be helping me with this entire operation, I have to
>>> be
>>> careful.
>>>
>>> My question is this: Is is absolutely essential for the ladder line to
>>> be
>>> vertical, or could a few feet on the bottom be horizontal without
>>> degrading
>>> the antenna's performance substantially?
>>>
>>> I don't think we'd have trouble getting the center up about 20 feet, but
>>> 30
>>> might be pushing it.
>>>
>>> It's just going to be hard to use a slingshot or whatever to safely get
>>> the
>>> center of the antenna up as high as I would like, given the close
>>> quarters
>>> of the camp ground, and given my desire to save life and limb.
>>>
>>> Thanks for tolerating all of these questions, and I'll keep everyone
>>> posted
>>> if we can get something accomplished this week-end.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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