[ICOM] G5RV & AT-500

[W. David Paperman]

Alan;

Check to see that ONE side of the twin lead is not broken.

Bad grammar, but you get the idea <g>

Dave, W5WP

A G5RV FANATIC!

Alan Leith wrote:

> I've finally raised by G5RV again, after it came down a few weeks ago in 
> an accident.  An old tree fell across one end and...well that's not the 
> problem.  Anyway, before it fell down, the antenna was performing well 
> on 12, 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80.  I tune the antenna with my AT-500 and SWR 
> was below 1.5-1 on all those bands.
> 
> When it went back up today, I was able to tune it on the same bands 
> EXCEPT 17M.  For some reason, while I can tune it down to 1.35-1 in the 
> pre-set mode, once I switch to auto tune, the SWR goes up to 3-1 and the 
> power output is cut to 50W.
> 
> As far as I know, nothing has changed, except that this time, I pulled 
> one end tighter (I had not done that the first time) and about 3 1/2 
> feet of the end is folded down over a tree branch.  Is it possible that 
> this has made an electrical difference in the length of one leg?  But 
> why does it tune so well on all bands except 17, on which it worked 
> perfectly well before?  I'm not interested in using the antenna on 10 or 
> 15.
> 
> Can I do anything to fix it?  It is the only antenna I can put up for 
> 17M and that's one of my favorite bands.
> 
> Help.
> 
> 73
> 
> Al, VE1AL
> 
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