Hi Tom.

I don't have a formula for you, but can tell you that I had good results 
with a double scalled version at 37 ft. in an inverted vee with the ends 
about 7 ft off the ground.  Worked well on everything except 10 meters, 
where it was deaf as a stone--a good 20 db down from listening to the same 
signal on an 80 meter dipole.   I used a one quarter watt beacon that was 
1.3 miles from my house for the comparison measurements on ten meters.

Anyway, it seemed like the inverted vee was a little easier to load than 
the flat top configuration.  The caveat of course would be that G5RV-type 
antennas are tricky antennas that are affected by a number of factors, so 
your mileage may vary!

73, de Lou K2LKK




At 10:03 AM 2/4/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a G5RV which I want to set up as an inverted V.  I'll have the 
>center at
>about 32ft or so.  This is a full length (52ft for each leg) G5RV.  I'm
>wondering what will be the best angle to have the legs come down at.  Is 
>there a
>formula for figuring this out.  I'm probably not going to be able to play with
>this much if at all so I need to take my best shot right off the bat.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>Btw: this will be for hf work.
>
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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>
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