Agree. I've never understood the fascination with a G5RV antenna.
Dave AB7E On 7/19/2025 7:08 PM, Dan Presley via Elecraft wrote:
Why bother with the G5RV/coax situation when you’ll gain a lot more flexibility and efficiency with just running the ladder line directly to the antenna and a link style tuner at the station end. No balun needed. The G5RV was developed before the advent of good ATUs and was originally designed for 80 and 40, and you could get it to load on 20 with a Pi or link style tank on your 1947 transmitter. The 102 foot doublet or center fed double extended zepp if you prefer is non resonant and will tune and provide gain on most HF bands. Way before any WARC bands or much use of 15 or 10M. Research this from LB Cebik and Joel Hallas (the Dr is in podcasts from ARRL). Dan Presley 503-701-3871 N7CQR @arrl.net danpresley@me. com
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