On Jun 4, 12:55*pm, Michael Coslo wrote:
As a point of clarification, Cecil, the bottom loaded bug catcher you
refer to - is it the matching coil or the loading coil? I only knew of
mid-loaded bugcatchers.

Jim, k7jeb, once used a standard 75m Texas Bugcatcher coil as a base-
loaded whip (no top hat) and entered one of the CA 75m mobile
shootouts. He was "only" 3 dB down from similar center-loaded Texas
Bugcatchers (no top hat). This fits well with the radiation resistance
estimate for the center-loaded bugcatcher being double that of the
base-loaded configuration.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com