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What I meant to say was 3 to 1
I am moving the shorting strap around the coil, but the SWR gets worse the further I go away from the vertical element. I can get it down to 3 to 1 by hooking the strap directly to the base of the vertical element.

When I initial did my adjustments on the short pole I moved the grounding strap up and down and round and round until I finally got the sweet spot. I imagined that I could just transfer the antenna to the taller pole and get the same SWR

When I moved the antenna I was very careful to not move anything and all I did was undo the coil from the bottom of the vertical element and move the whole thing up to the taller pole.

I was really shocked (surprised) when I got the bad SWR readings

[QUOTE="W9WD, post: 142008"] What I meant to say was 3 to 1 I am moving the shorting strap around the coil, but the SWR gets worse the further I go away from the vertical element. I can get it down to 3 to 1 by hooking the strap directly to the base of the vertical element. When I initial did my adjustments on the short pole I moved the grounding strap up and down and round and round until I finally got the sweet spot. I imagined that I could just transfer the antenna to the taller pole and get the same SWR When I moved the antenna I was very careful to not move anything and all I did was undo the coil from the bottom of the vertical element and move the whole thing up to the taller pole. I was really shocked (surprised) when I got the bad SWR readings [/QUOTE]

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