The antenna is a short whip tunned trough a little auto-transformer. The rig is a MFJ 9420 adjusted at 5 watts.

Working N9CIQ on March 15 during the Wisconsin QSO party. I used my trusty MFJ 9020 with 4 watts to a G5RV dipole at 45 ft.

In building the ham radio 40/80 meter inverted v antenna I ran into a slight set back. My SWR readings were very high and I first thought my antenna or cable to be bad. Fearing the worst I found the problem. A short circuit in the SO-239 connector in my MFJ-259B Antenna Analyzer. This is how I...