Every commercially built antenna I've had on the suburban typically gives me "x" between 6 and 11, with "r" somewhere between 45 and 55 and SWR of 1.1 to 1.3.
In the process of winding up my first homebrew antenna this weekend for the mobile, and after a little too much adjustment (= cutting wire ), I stumbled across a very good fit on 28.5mhz. x=0, r=50, swr=1.0... I've never, ever seen that kind of match before and it got me thinking about the vehichle more and the antenna less.
If I'm able to achieve an x of 0 in the shorter wavelength but not on the target frequency, could it be an indication of inadequate counterpoise? At this point I've done no bonding whatsoever and have no reservation about experimenting with it. Just wanted to see if that train of though made sense...
In the process of winding up my first homebrew antenna this weekend for the mobile, and after a little too much adjustment (= cutting wire ), I stumbled across a very good fit on 28.5mhz. x=0, r=50, swr=1.0... I've never, ever seen that kind of match before and it got me thinking about the vehichle more and the antenna less.
If I'm able to achieve an x of 0 in the shorter wavelength but not on the target frequency, could it be an indication of inadequate counterpoise? At this point I've done no bonding whatsoever and have no reservation about experimenting with it. Just wanted to see if that train of though made sense...