[30m] Screwdriver antenna problem

[Chris Kantarjiev]

>     Nope. You have no ground. I suggest you run 4 wires about 32 feet 
> long from the ground side of your coax connector on the antenna. Then 
> try it again. I bet it works a lot better.

Even two will do the job. Use your antenna analyzer to tune them
as you would a dipole for your center frequency on 30m, then hook
them to the ground side of your antenna and retune.

Remember that the hallmark of a properly functioning vertical is narrow
bandwidth! You should see a moderately sharp drop in SWR at your
tuned frequency, not a broad flat curve.

73 de chris K6DBG