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freecell said,

"i can cite numerous examples where antennas have been installed and regardless of tuning adjustments an swr below 3:1 was not obtainable."

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In that case I would have to assume that the antenna's resonance was what was being 'tuned'.  The solution to that sort of problem is that after finding 'resonance' you start 'tuning' the antenna's input impedance.  Using coax length and characteristic impedances to do that 'tuning' is only one way of doing it.  Try one of the others.  You might be suprised...

 - 'Doc