I definitely agree with Sinisa. I have tried direct feeding an antenna,
starting with the antenna terminial on an ARC5 around 1948 or '49, and never
had much luck with it. Except at picking up a remarkable number of minor but
painful RF burns along the way.
So even a relatively short transmission line, with some means to keep RF out of
the shack if that's needed, is much better than no transmission line at all.
With as many different antennas as there are to choose from, most of whose
characteristics are well know and widely published, there's no use buying
troubles trying to reinvent the wheel.
73 Pete Allen AC5E
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> I'd rather use a feedline: coax and a small ferrite choke at feedpoint.
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> 73,
>
> Sinisa YT1NT, VA3TTN
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