Hi Colin. Low SWR is a relative term. The SWR runs anywhere between 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 depending upon where and what bands I am loading it on. --Lou K2LKK At 07:46 PM 2/19/2005 -0700, you wrote: >i guess that g5rv isn't quite the antenna all the discriptions rave on and >on and on about then if it exhibits an swr of 9 on any of the bands it >supposedly works on? >Is there some different circumstance in your qth that makes the swr that >high on a g5rv? >All the discriptions of that particular antenna claim it has a low swr >across all the bands it is designed for. >Regards >Colin Louis Kim Kline A.R.S. K2LKK Home e-mail: [log in to unmask] Work e-mail: [log in to unmask] Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753