The Truth about the G5RV Antenna

G5rv Jr. My Virtual Life G5RV Jr mountedalmost all set The history and basic theory of this antenna dates back to 1946 It was originally designed to operate as a 3/2 wavelength center fed antenna for 14 MHz, but amateurs soon discovered it would offer reasonable performance on many other bands

FTDX10 and my first antenna in California G5RV JR YouTube
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Half-size, 52 foot G5RV JUNIOR covers 40-10 Meters with tuner usually easy to match on all-bands from 40 meters through 6 meters with good antenna tuner

FTDX10 and my first antenna in California G5RV JR YouTube

So, it didn't require a PhD in antenna modeling to come to the correct conclusion: a $30 dipole antenna beautifully resonant on 10, 20, 40 and 80, OR, a G5RV Junior barely usable on 20 meters. usually easy to match on all-bands from 40 meters through 6 meters with good antenna tuner Half-size, 52 foot G5RV JUNIOR covers 40-10 Meters with tuner

G5RV Junior 15 cm du sol 20/40M YouTube. The G5RV Junior cost me $80, the fan dipole cost me less than $30 There is also a shortened G5RV antenna, this one is called the G5RV junior

G5RV Junior 15 cm du sol 20/40M YouTube. So, it didn't require a PhD in antenna modeling to come to the correct conclusion: a $30 dipole antenna beautifully resonant on 10, 20, 40 and 80, OR, a G5RV Junior barely usable on 20 meters. Half-size, 52 foot G5RV JUNIOR covers 40-10 Meters with tuner