Louis,
How many bands could you use on the inverted V? If I have to put in phone 
poles I might use something other than the G5RV, but what else would give 
me so manybands?
Tom


On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Man, if I had that much space, I'd have my old crossed inverted V's for 80
> & 40 again.  Feeding them with on common coax and getting the feed point up
> about 35 ft., they would outperform a G5RV any day of the week.  I only use
> a G5RV because I can't cram anything larger into my city lot.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 04:37 PM 4/2/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> A non metal mast is great but you can get by with metal if you use standoffs
>> to keep the  twin lead  away from it.  Even if you only use 1 or 2 at the
>> top of the mast and then pull the lower portion of the twin lead away at a
>> slight angle.  The higher you can go, the better.
>>
>> If I may ask:  If you have 300 feet of property, why limit yourself to a
>> G5RV?  Most of us have used one at one time or another and some  hams think
>> it is  the greatest thing ever, but it is  a compromise.  There are some
>> killer antennas that you can put up in that space.
>>
>> As for the vertical: The problem with used antennas is that you never know
>> who did what to it in a previous life.  Adjustments made to suit a
>> particular installation may not work for you.  I'd be concerned about
>> coroded joints.  I'd  take it apart and clean all metal to metal joints and
>> connections and coat all  joints with penatrox or similar.  Put back
>> together per factory settings.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Karnes" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: antenna problem
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for all six of the responses I have received so far. The Kenwood
>>> 850 has an internal antenna tuner. It worked fine last year  at Handihams
>>> radio camp in Malibu.  That was with a G5RV. The R7 is just like it was
>>> when I acquired it from the estate of silent key Bob Larson, except for
>>> one joint half way up the mast and the 10 radials at the base. Would
>>> polishing up the surface do any good or does rf not care? I couldn't use
>>> it San Francisco because my lot was only 22 feet wide, but now I have 75
>>> by 300 feet. First I'll try the suggestion from two of youto put the twin
>>> lead straight and perpendicular to the long line, but at an angle to the
>>> ground. I's new and connects directly to the transmitter. I've used two
>>> different coax cables on the R7 with identical results. The ground is
>>> fine. I could get the G5RV higher if I could figure out what to use as a
>>> non-metallic mast. Any ideas?  Would it be worth buying an external
>>> antenna tuner to use instead of the internal a t in the K850?
>>> Again, thanks for all the quick help. I don't stay on this list because
>>> there is too much traffic for me to add to what else is coming through,
>>> but it is great to get back on now and then. I'm always available at
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> Tom Karnes K6FUN
>>> 73
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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