Cecil Moore wrote in news:dY%9g.76844$H71.68934
@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:

Dave Oldridge wrote:
... there isn't much difference between a G5RV and a 102 foot
dipole fed with 450 ohm line to a good balanced tuner.

Not much difference in performance. Lots of difference in the
impedances seen by the tuner. For instance, built-in autotuners
will usually match a G5RV somewhere on 80m, 40m, & 20m. There
are usually certain troublesome lengths of 450 ohm line used with
a 102 foot dipole that will prohibit a match by built-in autotuners.

True, I'm somewhat spoiled since I've always used fairly wide-range tuners.
Even my Intellituner will match a 64-1 load.

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