Cecil Moore wrote:

Dave wrote:

Sonny, the feedline cannot and does not have any influence on the
resonance of an antenna. Resonance is determined by the physical
dimensions of the antenna itself.


Feedline length has every influence on the resonance of
an antenna system if the SWR is not 1:1.


C'mon Cecil, you know better!

The antenna is resonant 100% by itself.

100 feet of wire is resonant within a few KHz of 4.68 MHz. Period.
120 feet of wire is resonant at ~ 3.9 MHz. Period.
65 feet of wire is resonant at ~ 7.2 MHz. Period.
33 feet of wire is resonant at ~ 14.2 MHz. Period.

You are tuning a non resonant antenna to resonance with your stubs.

You changed the scope of the discussion with the exact wording of your
response. You used "antenna system". I used "antenna".

Why do you persist in comparing alligators and kittens?

Dave wrote:
The antenna is resonant 100% by itself.

Most knowledgeable people know that the resonant frequency
of the antenna system can be changed by the length of the
transmission line series matching section. Why don't you
know that? Here is the SWR of my 130 foot dipole antenna
on 40m achieved by varying the length of the 450 ohm
transmission line.

http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp/swr13040.gif

Please look at that graph and then tell us that the feedline
cannot tune the antenna system to resonance.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp