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echo: ham_tech
to: ROB DENNIS
from: DAVID STEEMAN
date: 1997-09-12 15:08:00
subject: G5RV Antenna

 >  Debra simple and cheap inverted V can be made from a
 > roll of speaker wire and
 > the chassis connector from an old radio. (female
 > PL-259 jack)
 >  70 feet of twin-lead speaker wire can become two 70
 > foot legs of the dipole.
 >  Each leg would then be soldered to the chassis
 > connector,one to the centre and one to a mounting
 > hole,to give a `live' and `ground' leg.
 >  Fed with 50 or so feet of co-ax and your all set.
 >  I had this for 80m when I first go HF a few years
 > back and it worked fine.
It will undoubtedly work even better when you add a coax balun between the 
legs and the coax. A roll of RG58 will do. The dimensions of the roll are in 
the Arrl antenna handbook.
73's de David on4bds
on4bds
@microware.be
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@on4ufa.ampr.org
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