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Old 3rd Oct 2019, 11:13 am   #124
G8HQP Dave
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Default Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands

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Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ
I have never used an end-fed antenna for transmitting, but I assume that to use a GDO or any kind of antenna analyser you would have to inductively couple it in to a circuit with a ground or a counterpoise.
Yes, and that is what I said but you still appeared to want to couple it to a single piece of wire; sorry if I misunderstood you. Belief that it is possible to couple to a single piece of wire at one end is astonishingly common, so I gave the 12V PSU analogy to make you think. Sorry for any offence I may have caused. If you realise that currents always have to flow in loops then you are in a minority when it comes to antennas!
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