"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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After 50 plus years of hamming fun, I have come to the conclusion that
anything with a little metal in it will serve as an antenna if you hook it
up in the right manner.


Yes.

I have properly-built 6m jpole which terminates in my shack. If I
disconnect the coax from the 6m rig, the connector center pin fits nicely
into the LONG WIRE terminal on my HF tuner. Electrically, the antenna is
merely a 13' hunk of metal, untuned as far as HF is concerned, except after
a little tuner knobulation. It's not the equal of a 'proper" antenna, but
it works.