"Bob" wrote in message
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Ladies and gentlemen, here is a perfect example of CB mentality that has
plagued the radio hobby from the beginning. Someone here obviously doesn’t
understand the fundamental nature of antennas but preaches bogus
information as it was gospel. Maybe the half wavelength mobile antenna
with the perfect match he refers to is his fiberglass loaded CB antenna,
which is advertised in half, full, one and a half, and every combination
of silly lengths to please CBrs as the dealers take their money. They do
match ok, but are not the full length, end fed, very high impedance half
wave antenna that he originally described in this thread. If you actually
read the ARRL handbook you will see Mr. Wolf’s grievous mistakes.
Bob


Aah! A voice of reason. I well remember the CB ads re 1/2 wave and full wave
antennas. As far as I could tell, the only thing half wave was maybe the
overall length of wire if it were unwound and stretched out straight.

Dale W4OP