"Dave" wrote in message
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Feed it through a 1/4 wavelength stub.

That was my first thought and I invisioned 16 ft of open wire line runing
out across the yard. But now that I think of it this may be a workable
solution. No reason it has to be stretched out straight, circle it around
the antenna. Hmm back to Ringo again.

Jimmie D wrote:

I am trying to build a 20meter 1/2wl end fed vertcal antena and havent
had a lot of success. The antenna is for use at maximum legal power so I
need componets in the network that will hold up. I have tried a J pole
configuration that I never was able to properly tune and I have tried
lump sum LC values that melted down with max power. I guess the last way
is doable but not unless I want to spend really big bucks on new HV
capacitors. I was thinking about the matching section on my Ringo Ranger.
Why not just scale this up for 20M? The mechanics of it arent a real
problem, I can fabricate most anything I would need. Seems like I've
heard the mast for a Ringo needs to be at least a 1/4 wl long, is this
true?