On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:54:02 AM UTC-4, Boomer wrote:
On 10/15/2012 6:42 PM, W5DXP wrote:

On Monday, October 15, 2012 2:59:37 PM UTC-5, Boomer wrote:

(A G5RV) is not actually a bad antenna on 20 meters. However, the

performance on 75 is abysmal.



Would you please itemize the losses and radiation patterns that explain why you believe that to be true for 75m?

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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com



I don't have any of the math for you. However, I know what works and

what does not. You probably do not listen to your own G5RV. Its poor

performance is pretty clear to anyone who listens to you. However, if

you have an emotional bond with your G5RV, I would not want to be the

cause of any alienation in your relationship. Keep using it. The low

effective radiation makes for more band space for the rest of us. The

signal just disappears into the noise level.



Better yet just put up a random wire and a water pipe for ground. You

can get a perfect match with a tuner. It will work better than the long

wire the guy wanted to bury in the ground :-) In fact I recommend you

try burying your G5RV and make a stealth G5RV. It will still load with a

good tuner.



However, if you were actually interested in improving your transmitted

and received signal, you might tune around 75 and listen to those

stations putting out a big signal. Especially in the daytime when band

conditions are bad. Ask someone with that big signal what antenna they

are using. If they are using a G5RV then you are right and I am wrong.



Michael

Random wire and water pipe was what got me hooked. Now I have lots of land behind my home for a real nice long wire but I cant get the wire across to my property