Copper wire.

[Nctrojanhorse]

Ok guys, because I'm new and have no "real" knowledge of the inner working of radios I'm going to ask what to you may seem a silly question. I was bored and thinking yesterday. Which is a dangerous combination for me. Anyway, I thought, "hey I have a lot of copper wire why not cut off 32' and run one end up a tree then put the other end in my mobile antenna where my tunable stinger goes. This should make my antenna send and receive better while I'm at home." In theory it sounded good. In reality, NO. My SWR was off the charts. Ok here comes the question. Why did this not work? I'm just curious. I figured that with copper wire, that high up and attached to my mobile antenna it would do the job at least somewhat.