How long was your coax?  Chances are that the feedline was doing most of the radiating, especially on 40m/80m.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 7/2/2020 2:12 PM, Lyn Norstad wrote:
Shortly after I was first licensed, in 1969, we did a lot of camping and I 
built an L tuner that would literally match anything.  My favorite was folding 
aluminum lawn chairs hanging from ... whatever you could find.

Actually the chaise lounge worked even better on 40 and 80.  I was a regular 
check-in on MidCars with that from campgrounds in the Dakotas and Northern 
Minnesota.

73
Lyn, W0LEN


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