On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:52:38 +0000, Channel Jumper wrote:


But I am wondering - if there might be another solution to the
problem...


Any idea's?

An ordinary wire dipole strung vertically will give better SWR's
than you got. It can be tweaked to give 1.5: 1 worst case across the
band. When I find the dimensions I'll post them.