Don

Some on the list will recall me banging on about most of the G5RV's not
being true to the original G5RV designs.
Most of those in use nowadays are not much more than a doublet.
With this in mind, do you have enough space for 132 feet as an 80M dipole,
then to use the harmonics on higher frequencies, and with a forgiving ATU,
you could use it on the WARC bands also.

73

David W Wood - G3YXX


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Don Breda
Sent: 18 December 2014 14:18
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: G5rv versas alpha delta etc.

Hi Listers.

I know this subject has probably been beaten to death over the yerars but
here goes.

I am going to sneak an antenna on the roof of my apartment building.

Although I could put up a full size 80 meter loop, I am afraid of being able
to keep it up since it would be installed on pvc pipe attached to several
vent pipes along the way.

The wire itself can get heavy and once snow comes that gets much worse so
have  decided to keep it simple and put up something like a g5rv  or a
carolina windom.

I believe there is also some kind of g5rv copy made by alpha delta and some
say its a better antenna.

I don't know.

My concerns about the carolina windom are that the feedline radiates.

I believe this is also true of the other antennas I mentioned but maybe to a
lesser degree.

I really don't want to much radiation from the feedline so as to reduce the
possibility of interferring wit other peoples equipment in the building.

My primary bands of interest are 40 and 75 but I would like an antenna that
performs well on as many bands as possible grin!

I know the g5rv is usually very bad on 10 meters and I would like to be able
to use that band at least once in a while but 75 and 40 are the bands I give
the highest priority to.

Any suggestions welcomed.


w a 2 i w c

Don