[SOC] G5RV

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

I've made quite a few G5RV's .... 102' for 80 - 6M and 51' for 40 - 
6M.  Never used
a balun and they work just fine (with a tuner).

But I have an SOC opinion of baluns on dipoles and other wire antennas!

73    Hank    K8DD
soc #69

At 6/10/2003 07:49 PM +0100, Paul Bartlett wrote:

>Hi Gang,
>
>I'm in the process of erecting a 102' G5RV. I seem to recall reading
>somewhere that a choke balun on the 50R feed back to the shack is advisable.
>I gather that half a dozen turns of about 6" diameter on the feed will do
>the trick.
>
>Any comments?
>
>Best
>
>Paul :-) M3CRQ SOC#529