The ARRL and other publications refer to the Army Loop or Patterson match.
Patterson described his antenna system at (Patterson 1967). Hams seem to call any configuration that uses only capacitors in the matching circuit a Patterson or Army loop, though they are incorrect.
The ARRL Antenna Book 21 has a nonsense circuit that cannot work.
Another ARRL example, one that does work
Above is a diagram from a much earlier ARRL and as far as I can ascertain, this is McCoy’s version the so-called ARMY Loop. (McCoy 1968) gives the middle capacitor as 500pF variable which would reduce the matching range. Continue reading The Army Loop (Patterson match)
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