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Old January 7th 07, 04:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Dr.Ace Dr.Ace is offline
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Default Remembering some past antennas (CB related)

I don't know how many of our new 6 hour hams I have worked on 40m who are
using a Station Master (a 11m half wave with a base parallel tuned
matching
network) fed with 20m or so of RG58C/U and an ATU on 40m, and
astonishlingly, VSWR is less than 1.01!

We owe a lot to that CB technology!

Owen



Sounds like a poor substitute for a good 40 meter antenna to me.
Ace - WH2T
BTW my dummy load has a 1:1 VSWR on 40 meters but it doesn't hear very well.