AF6AY wrote:

The usual ham who doesn't build or bother to check antennas
more than "open" or "closed' connections won't bother with
it, An antenna tuner, manual or automatic, can do all that
stuff of matching.

Antenna measurement equipment such as the Autek or MFJ-259 series has
never been more affordable than now.

But, is it better to remain ignorant of
certain operating characteristics of one's station or try to
know it in more specific detail? :-)

Have you run the numbers on your new vertical?

Dave K8MN