It quite possibly is - both halves of the monopole
are just that bit longer than arm's length.

Yes - I've done that before - last year during a lull in
interest I used the aluminium elements of an HF beam
kit to make up the legs for the testing horse for
my clocks, on the basis that the cheapest thing that
you can buy is always more expensive than the most valuable
thing in your junk box!

"Gordon Hudson" wrote in message
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"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
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Anybody know anything about the internal configuration
of these?
I bought one on behalf of my friend yesterday at Wimborne
to replace the 5/8ths one (not a colinear - misunderstanding)
that had been badly manufactured (q.v.)
I had one of those Diamond ones.Couldn't make it work.
Used the Aluminium for something else.
(if its the 5/8 over 5/8 you are taling about).