Bruce-
I have read your many posts with interest and respect your experience and
your opinion. I have also observed that respecting others' opinions and
experience is something you have a hard time doing. Rather than beat on
your chest and berate all of those that did not have your exact career path
as being somehow inferior...reread what I was trying to clarify in my
original post.

Gary was proposing a significant departure from "conventional wisdom" in
recommending the placement of the antenna coupler/tuner closer to the
counterpoise/rf ground than is conventionally done. I asked if there was
any objective evidence that showed that placing the antenna coupler/tuner
immediately adjacent to the counterpoise half of the antenna system truly
offered measurable improvement, on a non-metal pleasure boat... today.

I thought this was a forum for discussion...not a competition.

73-
Charlie
KS4VB