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Looking to buy a G5RV for 80 and 40 mtrs and maybe able to tune other bands
lots of diff brands of this antenna can anyone suggest a manufacture or maybe another alternative thanx howard |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:06:15 -0500, "Howard Kowall"
wrote: or maybe another alternative Hi Howard, Build a dipole, and with the money you save, invest in a tuner. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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Howard Kowall wrote:
Looking to buy a G5RV for 80 and 40 mtrs and maybe able to tune other bands lots of diff brands of this antenna can anyone suggest a manufacture or maybe another alternative The G5RV is a 4-band antenna, 80m, 40m, 20m, and 12m. If you care about the other 4 bands, don't go with a G5RV. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com "According to the general theory of relativity, space without ether is unthinkable." Albert Einstein |
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yes i have built a dipole and it works good with the manual tuner
BUT now my new rig has a built in tuner and of course it wont tune it the dipole i built was cut for 3.747mhz and works great without a tuner but with the auto tuner it wont tune anyware but 80mtrs is there a magic number for a dipole to make it tunable on 80 and 40 thanx howard "Howard Kowall" wrote in message ... Looking to buy a G5RV for 80 and 40 mtrs and maybe able to tune other bands lots of diff brands of this antenna can anyone suggest a manufacture or maybe another alternative thanx howard |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:33:11 -0500, "Howard Kowall"
wrote: yes i have built a dipole and it works good with the manual tuner BUT now my new rig has a built in tuner and of course it wont tune it the dipole i built was cut for 3.747mhz and works great without a tuner but with the auto tuner it wont tune anyware but 80mtrs is there a magic number for a dipole to make it tunable on 80 and 40 thanx howard Howard, Before you go sailing off into space on the GRV check this out. http://www.degendesigns.com/Downloads/TheEasyWay.PDF Danny, k6mhe |
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Danny Richardson wrote:
... Howard, Before you go sailing off into space on the GRV check this out. http://www.degendesigns.com/Downloads/TheEasyWay.PDF Danny, k6mhe Now that paper is an odd mix of fact and fantasy ... first time I have ever seen that particular brand of obsfucation ... Regards, JS |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Danny Richardson wrote: ... Howard, Before you go sailing off into space on the GRV check this out. http://www.degendesigns.com/Downloads/TheEasyWay.PDF Danny, k6mhe Now that paper is an odd mix of fact and fantasy ... first time I have ever seen that particular brand of obsfucation ... Regards, JS I had a hard time separating what he actually thought from what he was complaining about. I find that even if go to great pains to be extremely clear and eliminate all distractions from a document, and write for a 6th grade reading level, only 10% will actually get it. Some will cling to a word that has special meaning to them and go on a wild tangent and some will only get 3 or 4 words out of it, throw away the context and quote those words. |
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:47 GMT, "JB" wrote:
I had a hard time separating what he actually thought from what he was complaining about. I have yet to read what problem he's trying to solve. There has to be a reason for all that effort. I find that even if go to great pains to be extremely clear and eliminate all distractions from a document, and write for a 6th grade reading level, only 10% will actually get it. Some will cling to a word that has special meaning to them and go on a wild tangent and some will only get 3 or 4 words out of it, throw away the context and quote those words. I think a 10 year old level is more appropriate. It's roughly what TV shows try to target. Topic drift is a problem, but boilplate solutons are what drive the technical newgroups and mailing lists. Whenever someone asks a question, the vocal experts are usually first to misinterpret the question and provide their favorite boilerplate answer. In my case, it doesn't matter what antenna problem you're having, a computer model will provide the answer. Lots of other approaches (careful measurement, ignore VSWR and use a field strength meter, etc) that vary with the person providing the analysis and boilerplate. OF course, the answer never completely solves the original problem, so the discussion drifts off into optimizing the computer model, instead of fixing the antenna problem. My guess is about 3 back and forth postings and the original topic is lost. Kinda like this posting. Anyway, I've never used or built a G5RV, know nothing about the antenna type, and propose building a computer model of the antenna, supporting structure, and nearby buildings, that will solve any problem with a G5RV, including operating it on bands for which it was never designed. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sep 25, 5:55*pm, Danny Richardson wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:33:11 -0500, "Howard Kowall" wrote: yes i have built a dipole and it works good with the manual tuner BUT now my new rig has a built in tuner and of course it wont tune it the dipole i built was *cut for 3.747mhz and works great without a tuner but with the auto tuner it wont tune anyware but 80mtrs is there a magic number for a dipole to make it tunable on 80 and 40 thanx howard Howard, Before you go sailing off into space on the GRV check this out. http://www.degendesigns.com/Downloads/TheEasyWay.PDF Danny, k6mhe Danny, Thanks for sharing this link. I found the article very well written and some very good information on SWR and suggestions on antenna design. Looks like the author is SK, so probably no way to follow up with questions, as suggested in the article. I'm curious as to when the article was written. I am just getting back on the air after several years of inactivity. I am trying to decide what type of antenna to put up in a 1/3 acre city lot without any tall trees. I'm thinking about an off-center fed dipole. Looks like an 80 meter dipole fed with ladder line and using a good antenna tuner would work on all bands. I don't have room for a full half-wave 80 meter dipole, but could do a bent off-center fed dipole. The Carolina Windom is probably what I'm thinking about, but hate to pay their price for something that could probably be home built. Also considering an all- band vertical, mounted on the roof of my home. Thanks again Vee W7IBB – Utah |
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Vee wrote:
Danny, Thanks for sharing this link. I found the article very well written and some very good information on SWR and suggestions on antenna design. Looks like the author is SK, so probably no way to follow up with questions, as suggested in the article. I'm curious as to when the article was written. I am just getting back on the air after several years of inactivity. I am trying to decide what type of antenna to put up in a 1/3 acre city lot without any tall trees. I'm thinking about an off-center fed dipole. Looks like an 80 meter dipole fed with ladder line and using a good antenna tuner would work on all bands. I don't have room for a full half-wave 80 meter dipole, but could do a bent off-center fed dipole. The Carolina Windom is probably what I'm thinking about, but hate to pay their price for something that could probably be home built. Also considering an all- band vertical, mounted on the roof of my home. Thanks again Vee W7IBB – Utah This paper takes the view that the final stage(s) in a PA is/are very much like a power generating plant. And, in a very simple comparison, it/they is/a http://www.degendesigns.com/Downloads/TheEasyWay.PDF However, that power generating station has carbon piles to sink the power into and maintain a correct draw for the power the plant is producing--until generators can be slowed or dropped off line to match "the impedance" of the load being presented to it. The power plant has switches and breakers to cut part of its' load to maintain a "correct match" (or, correct impedance) being presented to its' load, etc. In our PA's, we do not have such niceties ... the antenna must present and hold a proper "draw" upon this power being generated in our tubes/transistors/tank-circuits. If not, either too much current is drawn, voltage dips, the design parameters of devices and components are exceed and "something gives." If the load draws too little power, voltage(s) spike, current drops, and the voltage rating of the devices/components are exceeded and "something gives." While the paper, in a round-about-way, does present this in an convoluted view, it expounds on this/these events to build a case for obsfucating SWR, forward power, etc. But then, in old arrl literature, such inconsistencies abound ... indeed, they can still be found in current material from this source (arrl) ... Regards, JS |
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