[Elecraft] Re: OT G5RV

[Robert Boerhorst]

There are lots of articles on the G5RV antenna, but I can't find the 
the "real" original article from Varney himself. I think it is published
in 1946 in the RSGB magazine (now RADCOM).
In an informative article written by Bill Orr, W6SAI (SK), page 
74 to 81 in CQ magazine november 1992, Orr states that the G5RV 
is an offspring of a 3-band antenna (80-40-20 meters) designed bij
Art Collins and L.M.Croft and desribed in dec.1935 in Signal magazine 
a house publication of the old Collins Radio Company. This antenna 
was never a succes because of mechanical problems with the
matching section. In 1946 Varney redesigned and popularized this
antenna now known as the G5RV antenna. In the same article
Bill Orr gives his experiences and measurements done by him 
with the G5RV. His "Lessons Learned" are worth reading and still 
valid today.

73, PA0RBO