Hi Tom,
You do not need to make a choke.  The ferrite cores inside the PVC where the 
twin lead and the coax come together.  Spacing the twin lead about 3 feet 
away from metal brackets works really well.  Gary KB2YAA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: g5rv question


>    Gary:
>
> Thanks for the confirmation that vertical is better.
>
> I'm going to have to check too on whether I have enough coax from the
> ladder-line connection to where it goes into the conduit that runs into 
> the
> shack to see if I have enough to make the choke that Tom suggested last
> night.
>
> But, first things first:  I have to make sure everything is mechanically
> sound out there, and then get the ladder line to be vertical again.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: g5rv question
>
>
>> Vertical is better and away from metal.  I had repaired my G5RV a couple
>> of
>> times.  Once my son ran over it and I had to shorten the coax about 7 
>> feet
>> to get rid of a bad section.  the wind plays havoc with the coax to twin
>> lead connection.  There will be about 7 ferrite cores in the PVC center.
>> I
>> just slide them back while I made another connection and then reinstalled
>> them.  Gary KB2YAA
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