[Antennas] g5rv question

[Dan Richardson]

At 06:45 AM 1/5/2005, you wrote:
>For the 102' G5RV:  how would the operator feed one with ladderline as 
>opposed to coax (I'm speaking here of the segment of line from the bottom 
>end of the matching ladderline stub from the antenna feedpoint to the 
>shack.  Normally, the configuration is coac from the shack up to the 
>stub).  Just wondering if this could be all ladderline.
>
>The other question is whether or not there's any practical reason to do this?
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Just run the ladder line from the feed point at the antenna all the way to 
the tuner in the shack. It will work better than the ladder line/coax 
combination in that it will be a more efficient system. In fact, G5RV had 
recommended this for using the antenna for multi-band operation.

Danny, K6MHE