HALF SIZE G5RV Tips and Tricks - 7-Bands in a Small Garden

Thank you Peter, so enjoyable. My life would be a disaster without copper wire. Hi hi. I will learn until the day I die.

My favourite antenna.

Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks Peter 🙂

Very informative video. Thanks for the upload.

What, I am the first commenter??? That is nice. Thank you for the videos. As a long time user of doublet antennas fed with open wire feedline and balanced tuners, I love videos like this. I have just moved into a new much smaller house with a tiny yard (should I say "garden"?) and will be switching to an EFHW due to the small size and layout. I have reviewed your many videos on that antenna, so I have no doubt that I will actually notice a huge difference. Thank you for all of your videos. I have been watching you for many years and will continue to do so for many more. --Mark, KE6BB

Thanks Peter, very helpful 🙂

Thanks Peter, my half size G5RV behaves exactly as you describe. I am going to play with the length of the ladder line to try improve the match on 40M

Hi Peter. Thank you for another interesting video. I can confirm that the telescopic Spider Pole really is top qualty.

Did you mean Spider Beam? I couldn't find a Spider Pole on the internet. Thanks for this instructive video!

I must admit the G5RV is a very good all-round antenna. Unfortunately here at my qth I'm restricted on height, due to power lines running across the garden.max I can go up safely is 20ft. When I was in the USA I was very lucky to be able to put one up at 70ft, worked all states and the world.

There are many negative comments made against the G5RV and the 1/2 sized version, so it's refreshing to see it covered in detail with real world results like this! I ran (shack temporarily closed!) a barefoot Kenwood TS930S-AT into a half sized version fed with, yes, RG58! The Kenwood's ATU would give a reasonable match on 15 metres and, as you point out, didn't need to be switched in for 20 and 10. I couldn't get it to tune on 40. It was at 25' at one end, sloping up slightly to around 28' at the other, running the length of a SW facing garden. Looking at the logbook I see good DX on all three bands - Japan, Australia, Swaziland, Alaska etc. Question: In the intervening years, next door's hedge has grown to around 8'. It's right where the ladder line will be when I put the G5RV back up, and only a few feet away. It had little or no effect when it was around 5' high. Any thoughts on its effect now? 73 de G0CCX

peter if you have the interface cable there is no need to tune seperately because the 7300 will trigger and tune both tuners very successfuly it even turns the atu on and of

Mine does 80 to 6m and in my case it's in V arrangement. Have been all over the world on it, and it is home made.

Great, do we need to ground the G5RV ?

Using two tuners like that - is there a lot of loss?

A wonderful, informative video. Is there a recommended height for the center, and would an inverted V work as well? My first dive into HF. Kevin KQ4DQX.