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A dipole antenna is so easily constructed cheaply that you should reconsider purchasing a G5RV (which really is not an all-band antenna despite many claims to the contrary). Better is to build simple resonant dipoles for the bands of interest. The fan dipole is a good idea as you get multi-band coverage from one feed line. I will say that a good choke balun, W2DU style, is ideal for such a setup. Such a balun will keep the RF on the dipole wires where it belongs and will not have problems with the higher SWR found at the band edges.

[QUOTE="N0NB, post: 258817, member: 15146"] A dipole antenna is so easily constructed cheaply that you should reconsider purchasing a G5RV (which really is not an all-band antenna despite many claims to the contrary). Better is to build simple resonant dipoles for the bands of interest. The fan dipole is a good idea as you get multi-band coverage from one feed line. I will say that a [URL="http://www.unadilla.com/?p=98"]good choke balun, W2DU style[/URL], is ideal for such a setup. Such a balun will keep the RF on the dipole wires where it belongs and will not have problems with the higher SWR found at the band edges. [/QUOTE]

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