As it sits now I can tune on 160 but performance not as good as my Inv. L and
beverage which I had prior to moving to this new QTH. My other option is to
put up another Inv. L. etc. and leave the G5 as is for other bands. Just not
enough low band antennas and to little time while trying to
Hi Jim,
60 ft is very low for a horizontal antenna on 160, but that could load
quite well as a top-loaded vertical. Simply tie both sides of the
ladderline together and load it against as many radials as you can put
down.
73, Jim K9YC
On Sun,6/7/2015 9:54 AM, Jim Murray via Topband wrote:
On 07/06/2015 17:54, Jim Murray via Topband wrote:
I have a 204' (double) G5RV I'm contemplating strapping for use on
160M. It presently has 65' of 450 ohm ladder line and 70' of RG8X with
a 20' choke in the coax.It's configured as a flat top, approx. 60' on
each end and 50' at the middle,
On Sun,6/7/2015 10:53 AM, Keith Jillings (G3OIT) wrote:
If it's a double size, won't it tune on 160 as-is? I have a
standard G5RV that works well on all bands 80 - 10.
Tuning and 'working well are two very different things. Jim's antenna
at 50-60 ft is too low to be very effective on 160M.
Thanks for all the replies about the G5RV RF into the shack problem. We
ordered a W2DU-HF choke balun from AES that is supposed to solve the problem
1.8-30 Mhz with a GOOD ground for the transceiver and power supply. Will
post here how it works out. Floyd says thank you he is 89 and NOT on
