I have both a 130 foot dipole and a G5RV, I can switch between the two and
the reports are exactly the same on 75. With 100 watts on the G5RV I have
worked well over 100 countries on SSB 75 meters. The day I received the
Olivia for my mix w, worked Russia on it with 5 watts on 20 meters.

I use it nightly on my Navy Mars nets in the 3 Mhz area.

Like the 130 foot dipole I vary the feed line length to tune.

Both feedlines are fed from the rig to the ladderline with coax covered with
ferrite beads at the junction end.



"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
Anybody who boasts about his G5RV has never tried anything else.

Reg, I replaced my 130 ft. dipole with a G5RV so I could
experiment with it. Given my modifications, Nobody can tell
it from the 130 ft. dipole so there's no reason to return
to the 130 ft. dipole. My G5RV has an SWR of less than 2:1
on all eight HF bands.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp