[Antennas] G5 RV-Max

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Johnson" <pjm at nrvunwired.net>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:42 AM
Subject: [Antennas] G5 RV-Max


> 
>    Quick question for the group.  Am looking to purchase a G5 RV antenna 
> and saw the Max variant, which covers 160-10M on HRO.  Is anyone using one 
> of these, and if so how is it's performance?

  Not that exact model. We had a regular G5RV at our local Red Cross Chapter.
We had a 4:1 balun at the top, and fed it with RG-8.

  There was an article in the May 2010 CQ that discussed raising a 40m G5RV
but feeding it with ladder line and running the ladder line back down to the shack
and into either a 4:1 balun to your tuner, or if your tuner had a ladder line input,
directly to it. This combination resonates fairly well at 80m and reportedly works
well at 40, 20, 15, and 10 as well, according to the author. The info was supposedly
available at www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=7682 but it now says it's
an outdated article. You could just browse thru the dozens of reviews and info at
http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Antennas/ and see what strikes your fancy. :-)

  Have fun!


                Ray, KB0STN