[Elecraft] G5RV antenna experience on K3

[Fred Townsend]

I have used a number of G5RVs, both with and without balun. I carry one in
my 'go-kit' because it goes up quickly and comes down easily. I have used
duel band dipoles too but found them harder to get set up properly. The
spacers would tend to get snagged in trees and made them harder to coil up
without getting a birds nest.  The K3 with internal antenna tuner likes it
too. I have used them without a tuner on other rigs with some difficulty on
10 and 20 meters. I really like the antenna on 80 since it is
omnidirectional and smaller than a 80M dipole.
73
Fred, AE6QL

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick Roth
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:39 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] G5RV antenna experience on K3

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

PS:  Sent twice before but didn't see it posted, first with digital
signature affixed and the body as HTML and then without the signature.
This one is plain text w/out signature.



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