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The VK G5RV Handbook
By Phillip Grimshaw ISBN 978-0-9757689-3-8
This book was written as a reference source for some new ideas on a well known ham antenna. The G5RV has served the needs of hams the world over for a very long time. But the reality is the standard G5RV is NOT a small antenna with a tip-to-tip length of some 31m (or 102ft).
There in lies the inspiration for this book. The material presented in the book has been written to be easy to understand with a view to aiding the reader in building their own versions of the G5RV. Many different types of antenna are discussed. It explores mini-G5RV's, half-size-G5RV's, eXtended-G5RV's. It explores the opportunity for the ham to start with the space they have available and then build a G5RV to fit their space requirements.
Noting that the G5RV was created long before the WARC bands became available, the book also explores WARC-specific G5RV's. The book still retains that fundamental trait of all of VK4KVK's books - antennas for restricted spaces, where size does matter!
If there is one ham book you treat yourself to this year, then this should be it.
Vipole, NuBeam, QuadFoldedDipole, Size does matter! and More antenna, less space. are trademarks or registered trademarks of KVK Antenna Systems.