they say run the twin lead vertical but you know? mine is horizontal 
and it works great from 10 to 80 and even works on 30 where it's not 
supposed to.

At 06:22 AM 04/02/2006, you wrote:
>Dear Tom:
>
>     I believe that an eighty meter G5RV uses about thirty one feet of twin
>lead and for the antenna to work properly you need to get as much of this as
>possible in a strait vertical position.  Now running it as a flat top will
>give you the highest gain from what I have read but raising the center would
>lower the SWR at least.
>
>     I don't have a clue on how the R7 works, so I'll leave that to someone
>more knowledgeable in that area.
>
>     I hope this is of some help.
>
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>                     Mark WZ0K
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Karnes" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:22 PM
>Subject: antenna problem
>
>
> >I am having trouble getting on the air. I have a G5RV at only about 15
> > feet, and a CushCraft R7 with the bottom at about 12 feet. I can get a
> > decent SWR on 10 meters, but as I go down the bands the SWR gets worse
> > until at 80m. it is about 9:1. The transciever, a Kenwood 850, works fine
> > against a dummy load. The cox cables are fine. I even swapped in a new
> > g5rv. I could get either antenna higher with guyed masts, but think one of
> > them should work better without doing a lot of elevating. Any ideas?
> > Tom Karnes K6FUN
> >