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Reviews For: WA2NAN True-Talk G5RV

Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : WA2NAN True-Talk G5RV
Reviews: 264MSRP: 90
Description:
An extremely well made G5RV type antenna. Kerry (WA2NAN) builds these antennas with excellent materials and very good attention to detail. The center insulator is a really nice piece of work and all the connections are soldered and have heat shrink tubing on them. I am not affiliated at all with WA2NAN but have one of his antennas and it is great.

Info: kerry@northnet.org

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KE5JWC Rating: 2023-03-26
Great antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Wish I had discovered this antenna a long time ago. Ordered from Kerry and received it in about 3 days. Solid structure. Had it up the next day. SWR with my old DRAKE MN2000 solid under 2.0 on all bands. Had a few questions to ask him and he responded what seemed like almost immediately on GMail!
KA2AUB Rating: 2022-11-08
All I Can Say Is Wow!! Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
This antenna is absolutely the REAL DEAL!! With only 35 watts out of my FT-991A, I was able to work someone in Santiago, Chile.

As far as construction goes, the antenna is going to last for the duration. All the connections were sealed up for any kind of weather. The wire portion of the antenna was made with heavy gauge (14AWG) wire that will handle anything I through at it. The dipole center is well made also. The best part is it came with the coax. Not many antennas do that nowadays.

In summary, for the money I paid, it is worth it. If I was the one making them, I'd bring up the price.
N3DXD Rating: 2022-10-11
GREAT Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Works gets the job done
N4TNF Rating: 2022-01-01
Wish I'd Had One Years Ago Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Kerry's 102' is up over 55' tuning superbly with a manual tuner on 75, 40, 20, 17 and 15. A solid build holding up without a hitch when raised up high in the Pines. Invisible to the eye in my HOA. Quite a few 'great signal' reports. I wish I'd had a True-Talk years ago! What a confident feeling.
KO4ERE Rating: 2021-09-16
The best. Period. Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
The most difficult part about owning this antenna is being able to loft it high enough and threading the wires through tree branches. But that's it! It's perfect! The build quality is superb and extremely sturdy. I have no reservations about leaving it up in the trees over the winter.
K6YW Rating: 2021-08-21
Great antenna Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I got the 51 feet Junior version of the True Talk G5RV. Kerry is a pleasure to work with, provides great customer service, and answered all of my emails very quickly. I made contacts as far west as Australia and as far east to the State of Georgia on 20 meters SSB from my location in Northern California using only 100 watts. I was also able to break through some pile ups during 2021 Field Day and make contacts around the US. It also works great on FT8. The antenna is setup as an inverted V with the center only being up about 25 feet high off the ground. I'm very impressed with the performance of this antenna!
AF7GJ Rating: 2020-11-10
*****WORKS WELL***** Time Owned: more than 12 months.
acquiring this antenna was easy & painless thanks to kerry. getting it hung properly was a major project but it's done, correctly i might add. thanks to a very generous professional tree climber who donated his time & expertise. hung up between two very tall trees @ 35' flat-top with strain relief & counter weights for windy conditions. working 6 - 10 - 20m bands so far with my Yaesu FT-920 i'm loving it. i've wound a 8 turn balun out of the RG8 coax near where it joins the ladder line.

11/10/2020

""i would add that using heat shrink at the connector end would be a nice finishing touch""
KN6KFM Rating: 2020-10-30
This is an exceptionally well made antenna. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought the 102 ft. standards antenna. The workmanship is superb. Very ruggedly construction from star to finish. I have it at 40feet center height. Very good DX experience. Highly recommend it. I bought other g5rv's and had one problem or another. The only bother that I have is that it is well made that it is very heavy with 12 gauge wire. As a result , my so called heavy duty fiberglass telescopic pole becomes so bent out of shape that I can not fit into the real estate that I have. Although according to my calculations, it should have.
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KN6KFM
AA7WP Rating: 2020-10-17
Exceptional, well built antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just bought the 102' version. It works exceptionally well. I tuned up on 80, 40, 20, 17, and 15 meters without any difficulty. The highest SWR is 1.8 on 80M, but the internal on my FT-991A brings it down to 1.3:1 . The antenna is only 24 ft high at the middle. I made sure the Ladder line hung down straight as far as it could, but that is only 21 0r 22 feet. No problem! The waterfall is now filled with Ham's transmissions!
The quality of construction is to be admired. Even the tie-ons are special. every joint is solid and supported for durability.
You have to contact Kerry to buy these antennas. Go to QRZ and get his email. WA2NAN!
Customer support is excellent and quick. No waiting 2 or three days for a reply. And Kerry is most helpful of the best way to use the antenna in your situation.
N0AMY Rating: 2020-10-15
The best G5RV and person to deal with Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Wow these antenna's are the best literally.. I own 6 of these antenna's and the quality is just amazing..Kerry is one of the nicest people to deal with.. Totally an outstanding guy for sure.... I have these antenna's all over the planet. Some have been up for a year and some for six years and all of them are totally perfect.. They take the bitter wind of Northwest Montana, Colorado , humidity of the east coast and north Florida.. you will not find better quality and workmanship than this antenna.. Totally the best .. Tony Tyler.. N0AMY..... ;-)