How many people exactly use a G5RV on bands OTHER than 20M without a tuner? Not all that many, I'd bet.
I think your deluding yourself on that one,nearly every ham forum post,publication,dealer advertisement has people claiming it as a multiband antenna.Which means REACTANCE.
As far as "calling" it a resonant antenna, let's define resonance, shall we? It means that the antenna, at a given frequency, exhibits equal amounts of inductive reactance and capacitive reactance. ANY antenna that exhibits this characteristic IS RESONANT at that frequency. A true G5RV is indeed resonant on or near 14 MHz.
Yes lets,an antenna with those characteristics has NO reactance at all,because opposite and equal reactances cancel each other out,the only charactreistic left is purely resistive at resonance,made up from radiation resistance and loss resistance.
The G5RV was designed from the ground up as a 20 meter antenna, and, as I said earlier, the fact that it can be used with a tuner on other bands with passable results is just a bonus.
Not exactly what 80% at least of hams claim,who state it is a magical multiband antenna with gain all over the place,when in reality on most bands it is average if that,no doubt made worse by the need to use lossy matching systems.What an antenna is designed for and what the MAJORITY of hams use it for is miles apart.
So like I said to claim an antenna as resonant unless you only use it on one band is ridiculous as most people see it as a multiband answer to everything antenna when they plug their magic atu in.Because lets face it most of them think if the atu says 1:1 vswr it must be good.thats the reality.
I suggest you google g5rv and count how many articles claim it to be a monoband antenna,and then count how many claim it to be a 160-10m band cover all magical antenna,i think you'll be astonished.
I think your deluding yourself on that one,nearly every ham forum post,publication,dealer advertisement has people claiming it as a multiband antenna.Which means REACTANCE.
As far as "calling" it a resonant antenna, let's define resonance, shall we? It means that the antenna, at a given frequency, exhibits equal amounts of inductive reactance and capacitive reactance. ANY antenna that exhibits this characteristic IS RESONANT at that frequency. A true G5RV is indeed resonant on or near 14 MHz.
Yes lets,an antenna with those characteristics has NO reactance at all,because opposite and equal reactances cancel each other out,the only charactreistic left is purely resistive at resonance,made up from radiation resistance and loss resistance.
The G5RV was designed from the ground up as a 20 meter antenna, and, as I said earlier, the fact that it can be used with a tuner on other bands with passable results is just a bonus.
Not exactly what 80% at least of hams claim,who state it is a magical multiband antenna with gain all over the place,when in reality on most bands it is average if that,no doubt made worse by the need to use lossy matching systems.What an antenna is designed for and what the MAJORITY of hams use it for is miles apart.
So like I said to claim an antenna as resonant unless you only use it on one band is ridiculous as most people see it as a multiband answer to everything antenna when they plug their magic atu in.Because lets face it most of them think if the atu says 1:1 vswr it must be good.thats the reality.
I suggest you google g5rv and count how many articles claim it to be a monoband antenna,and then count how many claim it to be a 160-10m band cover all magical antenna,i think you'll be astonished.
