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George, you are 100% correct. One common error I see is a newcomer from New England for example, claiming how great his G5RV is because he gets a good SWR on all bands and he just worked a string of Europeans and a few African stations as well as a string from the Caribbean. Sounds impressive to a newbie but not much to someone that has more experience with different antennas. I have done all that on a mobile station with 100 watts.Anyone that has run a G5RV and then switched to a "real" antenna will realise just how ineffective the G5RV can really be especially on 40 and 80m.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 281771, member: 39"] George, you are 100% correct. One common error I see is a newcomer from New England for example, claiming how great his G5RV is because he gets a good SWR on all bands and he just worked a string of Europeans and a few African stations as well as a string from the Caribbean. Sounds impressive to a newbie but not much to someone that has more experience with different antennas. I have done all that on a mobile station with 100 watts.Anyone that has run a G5RV and then switched to a "real" antenna will realise just how ineffective the G5RV can really be especially on 40 and 80m. [/QUOTE]

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