Antenna swr questions

I think the OP's question has been answered: bad idea to lay flat, SWR will most likely change some, how much ?????
One more supporting citation.
From
http://www.w9smc.com/SMC VHF/on_the_ultra_highs.pdf
page 67

 

At no time was a SCR-522 refured to as UHF..

( http://www.rigpix.com/military/scr522.htm ) .... And the PL-259 did not exsist in 1930 ...O by the way At one time 400 mhz was caled QUASI-LIGHT waves By ww2 the current bands exsisted as is

To get a tube to work at 5 meters you had to take the base off ....

While we are at it it was beleved that frequencies above 28 were open to anyone because they were useless ....

 

Windsmith,
I to am a former broadcast radio engineer and I tip my hat to you for the excellent and easily understood tutorial on standing wave ratios and the influences thereof. How about smith charts next time or do ya think you'll loose your readers?

 

Golly I have not played with them since the SPERRY MICROWAVE R&D LAB and thats 30 years ago ....