[Elecraft] Elecraft. G5RV Question

[Stuart Rohre]

Certainly, traps and baluns "may" contribute some losses as well as loading 
coils may.

Tune losses in a decent tuner are pretty low, unless you are trying to match 
outside its design range.

There is no advantage save not having a reactance term to match out, to 
having resonance on the antenna.

You will not get significantly more out of the resonant antenna, if the 
reactance canceling means is high efficiency.  In other words you cannot 
hear the difference between a resonant antenna and one near resonant.

See the writings of various antenna authors such as Cebik, Walt Maxwell, (in 
Reflections) and others such as Bill Orr.

Stuart
K5KVH