Tom, if you look at his instructions, Rene recommends taking the swr readingwith
the tuner off line.  I think he told me that with it in line that there can be
some sort of circuit damage to the rig from swr coming back down the line.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, T Behler wrote:

> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:32:03 -0500
> From: T Behler <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>
>     Lou:
>
> I am indeed taking the SWR readings with the meter between the rig and the
> antenna, but I don't have an LDG TW1.  I am using a talking SWR meter that
> originally was made by a guy named Remy Simmard out of Quebec, Canada.
>
> When I connect the SWR meter, one side of the meter module is connected to
> the rig, while the other side is connected to the antenna.
>
> When the antenna is tuned using the internal auto-tuner, this SWR stays
> about the same, although the actual meter on the rig reads 1.1 to 1,
> probably because of the internal tuning that was just done by the
> auto-tuner.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  Kb8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
>
>
> > Wow, that's surprising, Tom.  With the TS 440 i use the internal tuner
> > which
> > will not be happy with anything above 1.5 to 1, and I can tune it with no
> > problem on 80, 60 40, 20 and 17.  But how are you taking your readings? If
> > you're using the LDG, the readings won't be accurate because the meter
> > will
> > be between the rig and the antenna.  Lou
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
> > Subject: more G5RV stuff
> >
> >
> >> Hi, all.
> >>
> >> Can someone tell me what an acceptable SWR picture would be for a
> >> 102-foot
> >> G5RV antenna?
> >>
> >> I re-oriented my G5RV antenna today, by making the ladder-line run pretty
> >> much vertically from the antenna feed-point at the top of my 35-foot
> > tower,
> >> to the coax that then goes into my shack from the base of the tower.  I
> >> checked the connections between the ladder-line and the coax feedline,
> >> and
> >> they still seem to be good.
> >>
> >> My SWR's are a bit better, and the auto-tuners on both my IC746 and
> > Kenwood
> >> TS480 now tune the antenna on 40 meters (which I couldn't say before),
> >> but
> >> the SWR's still seem quite high to me.
> >>
> >> On 40 meters, I get an SWR anywhere from about 5 to 1 down to about 4 to
> > 1.
> >>
> >> The antenna has its best SWR readings on 20 meters, which you'd expect,
> > but
> >> even here, I can't get the SWR to go much below about 1.8 to 1 in the
> > center
> >> of the band.
> >>
> >> Again, at least now, the auto-tuners in both of my HF rigs will tune the
> >> antenna, but I'm wondering whether it's even safe or wise to use the
> > antenna
> >> under these conditions.
> >>
> >> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> >>
> >
> >
>
>