He has a yaesu 450, not kenwood. yaesu can't come up with original model
numbers so steals kenwoods in an attempt to probably ruin the kenwood used
market.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Reedy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: G5RV Conversion to Loop
> Hi Michael,
>
> I had been reading this thread and just noticed that you have a Kenwood =
> 450. I ran a 450 with a G5RV for a long time with no problems in tuning =
> with the 450s internal tuner. The tuner in the 450 in my opinion is a =
> good deal better than anything els I have used and it seems that it will =
> tune about anything. The guy We sold it to tuned his fence in his back =
> yard and used it for part of one winter. Just remember to keep the 300 =
> ohm stub in the clear and you should be fine.
>
> 73 and good DX.
>
> Keith-wa9dro
> Keith Reedy
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>
> On May 31, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
>
>> Hi all:=3D20
>>=20
>> I'm just going over a backup antenna plan should my FT-450 don't tune =
> my =3D
>> G5RV.=3D20
>> Rather than try and unload my station components, as you wouldn't get =
> =3D
>> near to what you pay for equipment when its new, likewise the G5RV, I =
> =3D
>> thought about converting it to a 40M loop antenna.=3D20
>> So to do this, would it only be to add the appropriate length of wire =
> to =3D
>> close up the antenna legs, turning it into a triangle, with the ladder =
> =3D
>> line feeding one corner.=3D20
>> I could mount the loop on its side. One corner on the tower, the other =
> =3D
>> on the standoff, about 7 feet off the ground just out side the shack =3D=
>
>> window and the third corner to the tree where my windoms long leg is =
> now =3D
>> tied.=3D20
>> Again about 7 feet off the ground. The feed point of the loop would be =
> =3D
>> about 50 feet. =3D20
>> So I'd have a triangle with the measurements of 51 per side with a =
> 38.56 =3D
>> foot base. Taking the formula of 1005 and dividing it by the frequency =
> =3D
>> of 7.150 for the middle of the 40M band minus the 102 feet of G5RV.
>> I'd have to give up 80M but according to a Gentleman on the FT-450 =3D
>> group, I'd have an antenna that would cover 40M/6M, including 30M, =
> which =3D
>> the 450 would have no problems in tuning.=3D20
>> I really won't mind giving up 80 as I've pretty much worked all I =
> could =3D
>> hear anyway with my setup, which stretches from the midwest of North =3D=
>
>> America to western europe and Africa. To really work some vary long =
> hall =3D
>> DX, I'd have to have some kind of directional array plus power.=3D20
>> I purchased this antenna because I needed approximately 100 feet of =
> new =3D
>> coax and my home brewed windom was starting to come apart and I =
> figured =3D
>> I by a commercial product ready to go up on the tower with no =
> hassles.=3D20=3D
>>=20
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>> 73:=3D20
>>=20
>> Michael De VO1RYN=3D20
>> =3D20
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