Ham Radio Operators do this all the time without any real problems. I run 180 meter to 6 meters on one antenna (1.8 MHz to 55 MHz) everyday. I have a long wire hung in the sky to a pole that is 80 feet tall to an insulator then to parachute cord and a pulley. The wire is 66 feet long and attaches to a Balun at the house. I also have radios that have "Auto tuners" built in.
I don't run those because I have a manual tuner that can handle 3,000 watts and use that instead. I don't run any watts other than the 200 watts the radio puts out. The manual tuner works best for me not that Icom 746 or my Yaesu FT890 don't tune up, I just like the manual unit better. It keeps me on my toes and thinking about what I'm doing.
Last edited by Tallman; 10-14-2015 at 01:31 PM.
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