The Van gordon ones didn't care about coax length but I hear the other ones,
like the one I am stuck with now unfortunately do. It didn't effect me
though since with the 10 turns, 50 feet was about 5 feet longer than I
needed to make it to my radio so I left it as is.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: G5RV Operation
> I've always had to have pretty close to exactly 50ft of coax on a g5rv.
> It just
> doesn't like less or even more. I've found a 4 to 1 balun works better
> than the
> choke also.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html