Gee it's too bad he didn't have a bunch of CATV hardline and a Motrac. All
of this would be real simple.

I recall that there was a commercial AS "fire engine" antenna that never
bothered with the matching at all because adding all the extra hardware for
matching, wouldn't have justified the potential losses that might be
introduced. Of course the main advantage of the antenna was that it could
be elevated without need for reflecting plane or radials and thus wouldn't
poke eyes out or get tangled. Otherwise a regular mobile mount or base
radial kit would be advantageous.