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
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On May 31, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:

> Hi all:=20
> 
> I'm just going over a backup antenna plan should my FT-450 don't tune my =
> G5RV.=20
> Rather than try and unload my station components, as you wouldn't get =
> near to what you pay for equipment when its new, likewise the G5RV, I =
> thought about converting it to a 40M loop antenna.=20
> So to do this, would it only be to add the appropriate length of wire to =
> close up the antenna legs, turning it into a triangle, with the ladder =
> line feeding one corner.=20
> I could mount the loop on its side. One corner on the tower, the other =
> on the standoff, about 7 feet off the ground just out side the shack =
> window and the third corner to the tree where my windoms long leg is now =
> tied.=20
> Again about 7 feet off the ground. The feed point of the loop would be =
> about 50 feet. =20
> So I'd have a triangle with the measurements of 51 per side with a 38.56 =
> foot base. Taking the formula of 1005 and dividing it by the frequency =
> 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 =
> group, I'd have an antenna that would cover 40M/6M, including 30M, which =
> the 450 would have no problems in tuning.=20
> I really won't mind giving up 80 as I've pretty much worked all I could =
> hear anyway with my setup, which stretches from the midwest of North =
> America to western europe and Africa. To really work some vary long hall =
> DX, I'd have to have some kind of directional array plus power.=20
> I purchased this antenna because I needed approximately 100 feet of new =
> coax and my home brewed windom was starting to come apart and I figured =
> I by a commercial product ready to go up on the tower with no hassles.=20=
> 
> 
> 73:=20
> 
> Michael De VO1RYN=20
> =20