On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:52:38 -0600, "Steve Nosko"
wrote:\
I believe he was originally describing a sleeve dipole. The upper part
could indeed be 5/8 wave, HOWEVER that radiator has significant reactance,
capacitive.

Hi Steve,

I have built such antennas for 10M and the reactance was quite
insignificant when swamped by the proximity of ground (being a foot
below the lower element which was actually a tower section insulated
above ground). The upper element was a 21 foot section of 1inch
tubing.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC