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For a start as signal generator another radio do well.
I used a long time DDS generator I built by myself.
You need a oscilloscope, DMM and freq counter.
Not possible in your budget.
Now, if would start again I would buy all in one Rohde & Schwarz CMT42 or similar. Expensive, but pays itself...
Tapering increase durability. Especially with long elements.
Of course it is changing electrical parameters of the antenna and must be taken into consideration when design the antenna.
Mike
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