Re: Topband: 160 meter G5RV

2012-03-21 Thread Mike Waters
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:57 AM, dnem...@aol.com wrote: My brother W2NFK just purchased a G5RV MAX ... Anyone have any ideas for a RF choke I made a common mode choke for a G5RV-style antenna by stacking four 2.4 OD #31 mix toroids and winding 5 turns of RG-6 through it. It goes on the

Re: Topband: 160 meter G5RV

2012-03-21 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/21/2012 8:57 AM, dnem...@aol.com wrote: Anyone have any ideas for a RF choke to stop it. Although I'm a strong advocate of the use of feedline chokes, I don't advocate using one here. A FAR better solution for 160M with that antenna is to tie both sides of the feedline together, tie that