I agree with all of Ron's advice in this excellent post. Antennas don't have to be perfect to work. Jim On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:51:16 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >The radiator/counterpoise arrangement eliminates any need for baluns, etc. >The counterpoise connects to the case of your rig, and the ATU takes care of >matching the radiator.