• You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
  • The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

A lot of reviews are written by people that have technical knowledge whatsoever and have no basis whatsoever on reality. As someone has already said, a G5RV at 30 feet is a fantastic all band antenna when you have not compared it to a REAL antenna and an FT-857 is a fantastic HF radio if it is your first such radio. Those with some real world experience with each of these examples know the difference. I count myself among those folks.