"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Roy Lewallen wrote:
Yes, this misconception will never die. Is it really worth the trouble
continually trying to contradict it?

Not if all you do is trade one old-wives tale
for another.

It's hardly an old wives' tale.

I mistakenly put a 2m antenna on my dual band HT and tried to use it for a
short QSO on a nearby 440 repeater. The other ham said I was barely making
the repeater, while my poor HT got so hot that I could barely hold it after
a minute's use.

The antenna was wrong and the heat was real -- whatever the theory behind
it.