GUYS - LISTEN! Again I say: the G5RV needs an LC network to make it a G5RV. It isn't the length of the top and feeder which determines it to be a G5RV, it is those with an appropriate tuner, so whatever you have in your rig for tuning doesn't make 102 top with 34 feet of open wire a G5RV, the L and C also count. David In message <[log in to unmask]>, Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]> writes >Not sure about the tuner on the 570, but I know the tuner on the 2000 will >not tune 60 meters even after the mod is done to allow tx on that band. >The G5RV I had 15 years ago was made by Van Gordon and the paperwork said >it would not work on 30 meters. Perhaps a wider matching tuner would tune >this band for you. > >One way to make the 102 foot model work on 160 is to short the feedline at >the tx end and feed it against ground like a marconi. You would need an >external tuner to make this work and also need a very good ground. Never >tried this myself, but have heard that it can get you on 160 where space is >a limitation. > >73, Steve KW3A >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:43 PM >Subject: Re: g5rv antenna > > >> I have one of these and must tune for each band. I am using a ts570 and >with >> the internal tuner I cannot tune for 160, 60, or 30 mete5rs. I can also >not >> tune the bottom section of the 10 meter band up to about 28.398 or so but >other >> than that it does an excellent job for me. It does tune out better on 20 >meters >> than other bands but does an excellent job from 80-12 nd for most of 10 >for me. >> I have decided that if I connect one end via a switch and essentially >double the >> length of one leg I should be able to use it for 160 meters as well. >> >> Tom >> >> >> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP, R/D - AU >> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html >> >> >> >> -- David W Wood