Why do you say that?
The lead that goes from the antenna tuner to the antenna becomes just
as much a part of the antenna as the rest of the antenna wire.

It is much more important to have a low inductance (short) ground
lead.

Regards
Gary



On 15 Nov 2003 12:10:55 -0800, (Mark Reichow)
wrote:

Leave the tuner as close to the antenna as practical. That's much
more important than the distance to the ground plate.