G5RV


THE MAN and HIS AERIAL
R. LOUIS VARNEY
b.9 June 1911 - d.28 June 2000

Louis held his first Artificial Aerial licence 2ARV in 1927 - and, following his initial aerial experiments in 1946 and subsequent development, later gained worldwide fame as the eponymous G5RV.

Louis Varney's life is extensively detailed in a 4-page "PROFILE" written by Kenneth Hill, G3CSY in "MERCURY" the journal of the Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society of which, at the time of their collaboration, both were members.
We have made that article available for you as a PDF document - to download the small 75KB file please CLICK HERE.

  • Dr. Brian Austin, GØGSF (formerly ZS6BKW) RSARS 1487 has written what is almost certainly the world's definitive article on the ubiquitous aerial "the G5RV" - entitled "LOUIS VARNEY'S AERIAL - a look at the history of the G5RV and its evolution over the years" and the same is published in RADIO BYGONES February/March 2006 - Issue No. 99 (7 (A4) pages illustrated). The emphasis and general purpose is to answer "What is it, how did it come about, how does it work and can it be improved?"

    • Elsewhere on the Web are many references to this famous Officer and gentleman - notably the coverage by the Mid Sussex Amateur Radio Society (of which Louis was a past President) at: http://www.msars.org.uk/g5rv/g5rv-main.html who as is well-known proudly now hold the famous call sign G5RV.

    Perhaps you'd like to join us now in the annex to this room ROOM 28a where we show you more archive material kindly loaned to us by Louis's widow Nélida - to whom we are very grateful.