[Elecraft] OT: G5RV's antenna

[Ken G Kopp]

I have Varney's (G5RV) original article.  The antenna was designed
for -only- 20M .  Since then it's taken on the proverbial "life of it's
own" and become somewhat of a "cult" antenna, as is the case with
the "Carolina Windom".

Why would one start with a perfectly good balanced-line fed Zepp,
cobble a piece of "special-length" coax onto the end of that balanced
line so that the antenna becomes something else, and then have to
use an antenna tuner to make the thing work?

Since the antenna requires a tuner, why not connect the balanced line
to a balanced tuner ... or one with a balun ... and enjoy all the virtues
of a classic Zepp?

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP
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