[Antennas] G5RV resistance question

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:25:35 -0500

First off, that was not a balun, but nothing more than a convenient 
insulator for connecting the coax to the twin lead. The actual "balun" in 
the G5RV is the twin lead to coax connection.

At 09:11 AM 6/17/2002, Brass Pounder wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mowery Joseph D DLVA <[email protected]>
>To: 'John McClain' <[email protected]>; Antennas
><[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 1:26 PM
>Subject: RE: [Antennas] G5RV resistance question
>
>
> > John,
> > I have taken my G5RV "balum" apart and found just a wire from each
> > terminal to a PL-259 connector.  NO torrids, NO transformer or no matching
> > network of any kind.  Sorry, I forgot the manufacturer of the G5RV that I
> > have.  I did purchase the antenna at HRO about 5 years ago.
> >
> >
> > BTU OM,
> > Joe AG4BW
>
>Damn, selling counterfeit stuff is not fair!
>HRO should have known who they're dealing with...
>
>73!
>bp (wf3j)
>
>
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