Re: SGC coupler to Dipole feedling question

Antenna tuners 'like' antennas that are 'too long' better than
antennas that are 'too short'. That doesn't say anything about how
well that 'too long'/'too short' antenna will perform, just that the
average tuner will find it easier to deal with one that's 'too long'.
(Easier to 'cram' more capacitance into a tuner than inductance.) If
this antenna is a doublet, 'balanced', why would you need a
'groundplane'? And while I'd guess that it'll never be 'ideal', the
building is acting as a 'groundplane' anyway, sort of.
- 'Doc

(What am I not understanding about the situation?)

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