[Elecraft] G5RV advice...

[Jess Gypin]

My current antenna cost me $7.00. 125 feet of speaker wire split in half and
100 foot roll of low loss TV twinlead. It has been up there for about 5
years.

Jess

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Hank Kohl K8DD
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:49 PM
To: Eddy Avila
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] G5RV advice...


Actually I think the ones that I've made are pretty darn good.
And much more economical - find 102' of wire, a couple of short
pieces of 1/2" PVC for the insulators, 28' 300 ohm twin lead
from Radio Shack -or where ever - and some coax.  And some good
black tape!
The dimensions are from http://www.g3ycc.karoo.net/g5rv.htm
and work pretty darn well!

I've seen G5RV kits for around $33 from the Wireman. He even
throws in 100 ft of rope.  The Wireman has good stuff if you
can't find all the parts in your shack or in any of the local
hams shacks!

73    Hank    K8DD


And Happy Holidays to all the Elecraft Reflectorites!



Eddy Avila wrote:

>
>   Greetings  fellow K2 ops....I'm looking for advice on who makes a good
>   G5RV  antenna.....I  need something simple to put in the air for a few
>   months on HF and used with my autotuner.
>
>   thanks and 73....ed
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