Bent Dipole with a short Parallel Transmission Line

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This is my antenna with a home-brew parallel transmission line between the feed point and the ATU, ICOM AH-4.

Over the weekend I tried the antenna on the 40m/30m/20m/15m/10m/6m bands mostly with domestic stations. It also works on the 17m/12m bands, but I could not have a QSO in a short time available for me.