so, can you leave the antenna up for the winter?
Or do you have to pull it down when the camp ground closes?
Seems like a bit of a shortened season if you have to be out of there by 
september?

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV Update: Good News!


>    Colin:
>
> Believe me, the gremlin-like short last week-end puzzles me too, 
> especially
> since the antenna worked well last time I had it up several years ago.
>
> Like you say, though, whatever the problem was seems to have been 
> corrected,
> perhaps with some more careful installation this time.  Now, if I can get
> the antenna to tune on the bottom of 40, I'll be a very happy camper.  It
> tunes with the TS480 auto-tuner down to about 7.100, so I'm close.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: G5RV Update: Good News!
>
>
>> what is truly puzzling is why it was showing a short before.
>> tom said the center was raised and away from objects before, so the 
>> center
>> feedpoint and insulator couldn't have been shorting against some metal
>> object.
>> One of the insulated legs was wrapped around some metal, but still, that
>> wouldn't cause a short across the feedline.
>> I guess one shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, or tempt Murphy to
>> make a follow up visit eh?
>> I'm glad it's working well now though.
>> Your not going to get the performance of a 6 element mono bander at 200
>> feet
>> obviously, but if you can make contacts into europe, tune on most parts 
>> of
>> most of the bands, and have a bit of fun, then you are fine.
>> It's a field antenna so should be expected to perform like one.
>> apparently it performs beyond expectations.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX