In message , Boomer
writes



The worst antenna I hear on the air comes from people using G5RVs.
Their signal is just totally lame when they use the recommended 80 foot
dipole on 75 meters. If they would just extend that same antenna to 120
feet they would do so much better.

The full-size G5RV is 102' (not 80'), and works pretty well as a
shortish halfwave on 80m. The half-size is 51', and is intended for 40m
and above. However, although maybe not the antenna of choice, with a
tuner and 450 or 600 ohm twin feeder it should be possible to make even
an 80' dipole work fairly effectively on 80m.

One amateur (local to me), who I believe has limited space, reckons that
a straight, short dipole works better than a squeezed-in, dog-legged
full-size dipole. I think his is 85', and it certainly works well on
80m.




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Ian