On Jun 3, 11:03*pm, wrote:
But feeding a whip with a tuner usually does not
make for an efficient mobile antenna.

A 11.5 foot (~3.5m) whip driven by an SG-230 autotuner was measured to
be 12 dB down from the top-rated bugcatchers and screwdrivers at one
of the CA 75m mobile shootouts back in the 1980's.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com