Thanks, Gary.  I hope to work on the antenna tomorrow.

73 de KB8TYJ

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From: "gary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: g5rv question


> 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]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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