Lou:
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
Personally, I thought the price for the G5RV I mentioned was a bit high too.
What do you think of a Windom vs. a G5RV. I'm speaking of a Windom, as
opposed to a Carolina Windom, which is supposedly different.
And, yes, I'm looking for durability, plus reasonable functionality on as
many bands as possible.
A compromise and a tall order, for sure, but just trying to be practical and
not spend too much money unnecessarily.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: G5RV VS Windom
> Hi.
>
> "Best" is kind of a nebulous term because it depends upon the criteria
> that
> you are using to judge what is good. In this case, it looks like his
> criteria is durability, not necessarily radiation efficiency. A G5RV will
> always be a compromise antenna, regardless of who makes it and what
> materials they make it out of. By picking your company carefully, you
> might pick one that deteriorates quickly, or one that will last a while,
> but you are not going to find a miracle performer that will drage in more
> DX than every other antenna out there--quite the opposite. It is
> guaranteed to perform more poorly than a resonant dipole. That being
> said,
> if getting on a lot of frequencies with one antenna is your objective,
> your
> space is limited, and you don't mind the trade-offs, go fore it. I just
> felt that it was good to poke a pinhole in this guy's hype and do a little
> reality check.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 10:50 PM 8/22/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi, folks.
>>
>>My trusty home-brew G5RV seems to have finally bitten the dust, after
>>about
>>8years of service.
>>
>>Therefore, I am thinking of replacing it by purchasing a comercially-made
>>one, and would like to tap into the wisdom of the group regarding what
>>best
>>to do.
>>
>>I understand that the G5RV's made by a guy named Kerry in, I believe,
>>South
>>Carolina, have gotten real good reviews on e-ham, much better than, for
>>example, the G5RV's sold by MFJ.
>>
>>Here's the description of his deluxe G5RV:
>>
>>Deluxe G5RV Antenna
>>
>>Very High Quality Antenna
>>
>>
>>WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO. The standard length 102' G5RV antenna. This
>>antenna covers 80 - 10 mtrs. and is superior in quality to all other
>>manufacturers antennas of it's kind. Amateurs who have used the True-Talk
>>antennas agree that they are the top antenna available today. Check out my
>>feedback or the True-talk reviews at http://eham.net, it says it all. The
>>antenna is made using quality materials and is manufactured with great
>>attention to detail. This antenna consists of 102' of #12, double covered
>>stranded copper wire. The center insulator was designed by WA2NAN and
>>incorporates a strain relief for the ladder-line.(a weak point in other
>>antennas). The end insulators are heavy duty two-way pull, double U -type
>>and support the antenna very well. The ladder-line is 31' of 300 ohm HD
>>copper-clad steel window-line, (NOT TV. TWIN-LEAD). The feeder is
>>connected
>>to 70' of high quality RG-8X coax and includes a silver-teflon PL-259
>>connector. All connections are soldered and covered with heat-shrink
>>tubing.
>>This antenna comes completely assembled and ready to install. Wire will be
>>green or blue, depending on inventory. Check out the reviews at
>>http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2202. For questions contact
>>[log in to unmask] . Payment is with money order, cashiers check or
>>paypal.
>>The shipping is via US postal Priority Mail. I use only Priority Mail,
>>it's
>>fast and fairly priced. Send me your zipcode for shipping costs.
>>
>>Price of this model $75.00 plus $ 12.60 shipping in the US. For outside
>>the
>>US. Send me your address Handles 1500 watts.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Does this antenna seem to be over-priced?
>>
>>
>>
>>My other option would be to go with something like a Carolina Windom, but
>>I'm not sure of the pros and cons of that kind of wire antenna in
>>comparison
>>to the G5RV.
>>
>>
>>
>>I'd also be willing to consider other wire antenna suggestions as well.
>>
>>
>>
>>I would like to cover 80 through 10 meters, with my TS480 which has the
>>built-in auto-tuner.
>>
>>
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
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