"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Mark Keith wrote:

"H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H" wrote:
band Hustler Screwdriver 103"/BugCatcher/54"
80 21 ohms 9 ohms 23 ohms
I really thought the huge bug catcher would do better.

I'm not sure if I'm getting the problem. Is the bugcatcher failing to
perform?

With that much whip and base section, the bugcatcher coil probably
had shorted turns to raise the resonant frequency. It is well known
that shorted turns on a high-Q coil lowers the Q. (Try a shorted turn
on an iron core choke.)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


Nope, the whole coil, I just found the resonance and noted the value of R.
73
H.
NQ5H