A newbie ham here... I recently made a dual-band dipole antenna following this design I saw on Youtube (Ham Radio 2m/70cm Vertical Dipole Antenna - YouTube) and I accidentally cut the elements a bit too short. I used a MFJ-269 to test the SWR and I get the best SWR (1.1) at about 151.000 instead of 147.000 which is what I was aiming for. At about 147.000 I get an SWR of about 1.8, and on 70cm I get an SWR of about 1.8 at 446.000. It has the best UHF SWR (about 1.3) at about 453.000, which these would be great values for a scanner antenna but I was wanting a ham antenna! Anyway, the values I was shooting for (147.000 and 446.000) still give me an SWR below 2.0 so is it still safe for me to use it with a handheld 5 watt transceiver? I have a Yaesu FT-60. If it is a bad idea to try to use it for 2m/70cm amateur radio, then I guess I can use it as a homemade outdoor scanner antenna. Thx and 73s! KF5YOF