[SOC] G5RV

[Chris Redding]

Agreed...if you live in an electrically 'quiet' location, then just plug the
thing in as it comes out of the bag. There is little or no benefit from
using a balun. Only consider the balun if you've got noise, such as TV
timebases, low-spec switched-mode PSUs etc around you.
 73,
Chris G4PDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank Kohl K8DD" <k8dd@arrl.net>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] G5RV


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


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