Hi, all.

Well, tonight, with a little bribery in the form of an ice cream cone on the 
way out to the RV, the XYL and I took the trip to retrieve the suspect G5RV.

The antenna is now right here in front of me, and guess what I found!

With the antenna taken down, and now free of any connections, there is an 
open circuit across the PL259!  In other words, no continuity across the 
connector!

So, to me, this would indicate that the antenna is sound electrically.

Before putting it up again, of course, I will check all connections, but 
this, to me, is very encouraging.

It also indicates to me that there is a problem somewhere in my feed line 
system, hopefully not in the feed line that runs underneath the RV.

At least, though, I think I've now got the problem isolated in a major way.

Will keep everyone posted, but, unless I'm deluding myself, I'm now greatly 
encouraged.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ