My feed line kept breaking constantly during the winter with my G5RV.

We put a strain relief but that didn't do any good.

So, we went with a Carolina Windom.

That antenna had coax going all the way up but, for some reason it had 
grounding issues.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: antenna


> lol, you're right, I found that out a year ago when my feedline, I have no
> clue how, but was suspended by almost nothing and when I went to lower the
> g5RV, the feedline fell with out it. I really should get that cobra
> ultralite up there before that feedline does that again but my help didn't
> show up last week and we had a few problems the other tries so I decided 
> to
> just wait, I wanted both up there for an A/B comparison, but now I'll wait
> until the G5VR breaks completely and swap it out in the same spot myself.
> Maybe it will last until the next time I'm asked to move out and then I'll
> just put the cobra up at the new place, where ever in the country that 
> might
> be.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:50 AM
> Subject: antenna
>
>
>> Hay guys, you know what?  When you connect your feedline to your antenna,
>> it
>> works mmuch better!!!  A friend of mine went up on the roof and 
>> discovered
>> that the feedlind was lying on the roof rather than being connected to 
>> the
>> double extended zepp.  The band is muuch quieter, the signals are much
>> louder, I need less inductence on the tuner, and I get better signal
>> reports.
>> Imagine that!!!
>>
>
>