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4' firestick no ground- great SWR

Old Feb 17, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AK4Dave

I'd be REAL leery of what you're using to read your swr. The only way this should even be remotely possible is if an antenna is extremely broad banded. And I don't believe this little antenna is broad banded enough to allow it. Again...it's a matter of physics.
I tested with radio's self contained swr meter, and with an in line meter (which I believe to be more accurate) both of which give pretty much the same answers. I'm pretty happy with anything below 1.5
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