Yes and no, but you need to understand the distinction that Shockwave is making here.
Imagine that the coax connected to the feed point is terminated at a measuring device like an analyzer using a feed line 15' feet long. This means that the shield and center conductors are equal in length. The ground and the shield terminate at the same point in such a setup.
Then imagine, if your real world coax is 15' feet from the feed point to your transmitter. This means, that the center conductor is also equal to 15' feet, but your shield to ground can run out to your electric service pole ground.
Did you read the Maxwell II article? It explains the idea.
BM, you might not have enough faith in me to even consider this idea, but if you can understand the words...maybe you can believe what Maxwell says on the subject. Read it again, and see that the coax length as Maxwell describes it...does make some difference.
I didn't talk about this when presenting my thread, because I knew it would likely be misunderstood. Shockwave's remarks forced me to talk about this issue to him.
This could be a good lesson for us to try and understand when we see things happen that don't make sense at first glance. I did not know about this issue until I read Maxwell's remarks, but for a long time I wondered why so many things changed on me as I was trying to tune an antenna that was not close to being tuned already.
IMO, this business about CMC is not significant for us...just using our radios in most cases. You can see in the quote, in my signature below, there is a general explanation as to why.
In the real world we are looking at the big picture, but when guys like Maxwell, W8JI, Cebik, and other folks discuss this stuff, they're often looking at the little picture...like a scientist using a microscope. This is why we often have trouble understanding what they are saying.
I'm still praying for you though.
