Well, I just switched to it Friday, and with the NTS nets I've been on and 
the general band surfing I've done, I like the Ultralite better than the 
G5RV. I need to do something with the extra ladder line, mine came with 100 
feet I guess they come with 81 feet now because they found that makes some 
internal tuners happier and I think if I trim mine back I'll fix the problem 
of having a bunch of ladder line bunched up out there, but seriously, I'm 
very happy with the antenna so far. In short, each leg is 3 wire ribbon 
cable, one wire connects to the latter line, comes out to the end insulator 
where that wire connects to the next, goes back to the center and the third 
one is connected there so while it's 140 feet long, you actually have 3 
times that in wire with the senior model which I have, junior I think is 
half that. It looks very easy to make and it's real light, and blows my g5rv 
away on 75 meters I can say that for sure. It's not bad on the other bands 
either but I notice there especially the huge improvement, it's a little 
long for 10 and 12 like the g5rv but I honestly think it works better there 
than the g5rv did too though I didn't use it there that much. So far, I'm 
happy with it, I know there are a small number of hams not happy with it but 
based on how many I know personally who like it, and how I like it, I'm 
thinking it's mostly error on their part.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV Antenna


> John, tell me in detail about the ultra-lite.  I am seriously thinking of
> buying one.