I highly recommend that you decouple the feedline with a current balun
(common mode choke). Better yet would be two, spaced about a quarter
wavelength apart. Small antennas can be made to look a lot better than
they really are if the feedline is allowed to become part of the
radiating antenna system, so unless the feedline is decoupled well, any
measurements you make will be subject to speculation as to whether the
radiation was from the antenna or the feedline.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Denny wrote:
Art did ship me one of his antennas a week or two back... I have it in
my shop...
I will indeed put this interesting antenna to an objective and
thorough testing with a full report here... I am always excited to
learn something new...

It is 19F outside this morning and blowing hard, with wind and snow
forecast through the week and into the weekend, and I am unlikely to
climb the big tower in this...
I will attempt within a week to put it on a small 50' tower I have
attached to my shop and get some baseline impedence and field strength
measurements... Then as soon as the weather allows I will move it to
the big tower for a good test against my full size antennas...


I am sorry to have to put this off a bit, but given the weather and
that my family is hurting at the moment my free time is limited...

denny / k8do