I am pleased to hear it, for this is similar to what I have in mind,
although I will have a Radio Ham's manually-operated ATU rather than the
CBer's Auto ATU that you describe.(Perhaps this will be the
final arbiter as to who is a Radio Ham and who is merely a
CBer-in-disguise?)

"nick smith" wrote in message
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This is roughly what I have - a 40 foot vertical from about a foot above
the
ground and a few radials mainly buried ranging in length from about 10
feet to
about 100 feet, three four foot ground rods about a foot apart, and, in
the gap
between the bottom of the pole and where all the radials come
together..... a
SGC 230 Smartuner.. which all works rather well !