Cecil wrote,

Tdonaly wrote:
On the other hand, there should be some current into the coil causing a
changing charge density at the other end which would, in turn, cause a
changing electric field in the vicinity of the antenna, which would cause
electromagnetic radiation, so you might see some improvement over
what you're using now, after all.

If the pancake coil is in the horizontal plane, it will probably
radiate horizontally polarized radiation and probably straight up.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



It might. Do you want to tell us why you think so, Cecil?
73,
Tom Donaly