jimg wrote:
so the question remains, ppl really run a very high swr at the
feedpoint..is there any advantage to matching at both point?

If you use ladder-line, you generally don't have to worry
about matching at the feedpoint. That's one of the advantages
of ladder-line. Ladder-line handles a 12:1 SWR just fine for
reasonable lengths.
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