Cecil Moore wrote:
Jimmie D wrote:
I made one of these sleeve antennas for 10M with the folded back
shield, put a KW on it and it arced through the black vinyl.

It's a standing wave antenna. The voltage at the end
of the shield is approximately 20 times the voltage
at the feedpoint. For a KW, that's more than 5 kV,
too much for ordinary coax.

Yeah, but tape a couple of ne-2 bulbs there and you can get that kool
old cb look when they light up on key down!!! silly grin

Regards,
JS