John beat me to the punch on some of the questions I would have asked you.
Also don't forget that even under the best installation the G5RV will need a
tuner for most bands.

if it wer me, I would concentrate on one antenna at a time.  Roll up the
G5RV and get the vertical working.  Don't assume, confirm that the coax and
connectors  ar fine and that the antenna is assembled correctly.

Good luck, Steve KW3A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Karnes" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:22 AM
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
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