Buch:

You may have seen that info, however, the G5RV was an antenna designed
before the availability of coaxial cable to the amateur on grounds of cost.
As said previously, it consisted of a top, open wire system and tuner unit
as an integral and totally designed unit.

David


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
Sent: 21 December 2007 23:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: g5rv

I stand corrected.  All of the versions I've seen in the us do come with 
a specific length of cable though.  Thought I had an article on this 
somewhere.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, David W Wood wrote:

> Tom:
>
> This is not strictly correct.
>
> The antenna system was designed by Lou Varney (G5RV) and the tuner was
part
> of the antenna system, with the L network being an important part of the
> antenna design.
> Hence, if coaxial cable is put between the tuner and the ladder line, then
> technically it ceases to be a G5RV and becomes a centre fed doublet with
> ladder line feeder.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 21 December 2007 17:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: g5rv
>
> Depending upon exactly your configuration its between 27 and 31 feet for
the
> ladder line on a 104ft g5rv.  Of course, in the original British version
the
> ladder line connected directly to the tuner but because of rf problems
etc.
> we
> usually use a cable to connect with some kind of choke.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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