what is truly puzzling is why it was showing a short before.
tom said the center was raised and away from objects before, so the center 
feedpoint and insulator couldn't have been shorting against some metal 
object.
One of the insulated legs was wrapped around some metal, but still, that 
wouldn't cause a short across the feedline.
I guess one shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, or tempt Murphy to 
make a follow up visit eh?
I'm glad it's working well now though.
Your not going to get the performance of a 6 element mono bander at 200 feet 
obviously, but if you can make contacts into europe, tune on most parts of 
most of the bands, and have a bit of fun, then you are fine.
It's a field antenna so should be expected to perform like one.
apparently it performs beyond expectations.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: G5RV Update: Good News!


> Howard,
> I'd be doing the same thing!  It's a puzzle and needed solving!!
> Pat, K9JAU At 12:16 PM 8/26/2012, you wrote:
>>I think I would go with 70 feet of rg8-x, and pile it up in the RV.  That
>>way it would be out of the weather.  It is a great 20 meter antenna.
>>Let me get this, you are doing all this, and the Camp Ground closes for 
>>the
>>winter at the end of September?  That means maybe eight days of potential
>>operation until next summer?