PJH & BM

Both of you guys are so, So. SO ! Technically Correct
the Variable Device in the Circuit between the Antenna
and the Receiver will in-fact provide the superior result.

However, to the average of Shortwave Listener (SWL)
the 9:1 Matching Transformer is both the 'simple' and
the 'practical' Answer {Install-It--and-Forget-It} to the
majority of their Radio and Antenna Reception problems.

just keeping it -simple and practicle - iane ~ RHF