G5RV Antenna Testing

Today I urgently had to test the G5RV antenna with my FT-897 @ 100W output. I had to find out, if it is a good idea to take this antenna with me to 8Q Maldives in the End of May…

Well, I guess it was quite good, and I`m confident to have some DX contacts from 8Q too, especially the sea will help me in propagation. Unfortunately there were no QSO`s with outside Europe stations today. Also the mounting situation was not the best – the ends of the antenna were only about 2 meters from the ground. Maldives will probably be better with some high palms – I hope!

Contacts today:

CALL	BAND	QRB
F5REF	40m	746 km
DK0MM	40m	395 km
EC7AT/p	20m	1.818 km
DL1EKO/p	40m	471 km
IZ1RFS	40m	547 km
SA2BRN	20m	2.043 km
PA100ROVER	40m	790 km
OH1A	20m	1.670 km
SM3DSS	20m	1.682 km
RW3XZ	20m	1.845 km