You said you made your antenna with a base loaded coil and added an
L-matching network. I have been reading the ARRL manual which says
that the center loaded coil produces a different current curve and a
better match.

Assuming that the L-network produces some (any) loss, the better match
will theoretically overcome that. However, the inductor has to be
considerably larger and inductors are somewhat lossy.

Has anyone tried, and/or can anyone model this version to see how it
compares?


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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW