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 >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG. >>Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1628 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 >>6:32 PM > > Louis Kim Kline > A.R.S. K2LKK > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740 >