[Elecraft] G5RV antenna experience on K3

[Rick Prather]

I started off with a normal G5RV and the tuner handled it fine.  But, it works better as an all band antenna with the tuner if you do what I did and eliminate the matching section (which only matches 20M's) and replace it with ladder or window line down to a balun or at least a current choke outside your shack with a short length of coax to the rig.

This set up lets the KAT3 comfortably tune all bands except 160. 

Mine is at 35' and I worked 175 countries last year with the barefoot K3.  Not bad for a minimal antenna.

Rick
K6LE

On 3/8/2012, at 10:38 , Dick Roth <raroth7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there--
> 
> Am considering putting up a g5rv antenna and was wondering what
> experiences K3 users have with this antenna.  Is an external tuner
> necessary?  Is internal ATU3 up to the task of taming this wire?
> 
> Any hints will be helpful
> -- 
> 73 de Dick, ka1oz
> Elecraft K3/100
> GAP Titan-DX Antenna