I've had radios tune G5RV's in the past on 30 with the internal tuners. My 
current one won't do 30 or 10, but I know the reason for 10 meters is 
because the antenna's about 8 inches from the peak of my roof at points and 
that's it, if I could get it higher off it or away from the roof it would 
tune fine though they really are way too long for 10, 12 and 15 and I think 
they're horrible performers on those bands especially when you compare them 
with something made for those bands, but where I live it is what it is. I 
usually don't get on anything above 20 meters in frequency anyway because of 
living in an apartment with numerous other apartments around me, 10 and 
possibly 15 are where I've found over the years I'm most likely to have RFI 
issues though I have been on 15 here a couple times with no problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: choosing antennas


> In my experience, most internal tuners should be able to handle a G5RV on
> all bands exept maybe 30 meters.  This was exactly the case with my 
> TS-440.
> Since the K3 tuner will match loads up to a 10 to 1 SWR, it handles 30 
> just
> fine, at least as far as the transmitter is concerned.  Lou WA3MIX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:32 PM
> Subject: choosing antennas
>
>
>> Hi Mike;
>> The nice thing about something like the dxcc is that it won't require
>> much of a tuner.  An internal tuner will be more than adequate.  Not
>> sure how well the internal tuner will work with the g5rv.
>> As for that poor neglected tower, is it in a position that you can hang
>> the center of a wire antenna from it?  You should be able to manage some
>> type of pulley arrangement so you don't have to climb the thing every
>> time you put up a new wire.
>>
>> -- 
>> richard