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If you feed the alleged G5RV with straight ladder line....then you no longer
have a alleged G5RV.
Yes it would be more effecient. However....what you will have is a
non-resonant center feed dipole. Make it resonant and it will be even more
effecient.
Dan/W4NTI
"Phil" <kd7zd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9fa88e3b.0308191806.73e08393@posting.google.com...
> I'm considering installing a G5RV antenna for 160 and up. I'd install
> it quite a distance from the shack, about 500+ feet. That much coax
> has quite a bit of loss, or is quite expensive, or both.
>
> I have read of those who have run ladder line all the way to the shack
> instead of coax. Has any one experience with this? Ladder line would
> help on both counts. Not as expensive and very low loss.
>
> Phil
> KD7ZD
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