Jimmie D wrote:
I agree with Tom that the hamstick will probably
resonate but cut somewhat shorter than a 5/8ths to make up for the extra
wire the 2 meter matching coil has.

Hamsticks usually have an adjustable stinger. Can
the stinger be adjusted from longest to shortest
and those two resonant frequencies be measured?
Is this the 9007 "Mobile Colinear Antenna" from
Lakeview? They don't say it is 5/8WL.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

No, Cecil, this is NOT the collinear. It is a loaded, 5/8 wave. It
is the 9002.

What is a stinger ? Are you referring to the stainless steel whip ?


73 de Jim K4PYT

James wrote:
No, Cecil, this is NOT the collinear. It is a loaded, 5/8 wave. It
is the 9002.

Sorry, that one is not shown in the Worldradio
advertisement so I didn't know what it looked like.

What is a stinger ? Are you referring to the stainless steel whip ?

Yes, the Lakeview web page says the 5/8WL is "Tunable
for other frequencies". My suggestion is to tune it
to the lowest frequency and measure that frequency.
Then tune it to the highest frequency and measure
that frequency. That should give enough information
to raise its resonant frequency by 7%.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Pretty good idea Cecil. Thanks !!

73 de Jim K4PYT