Sal M. Onella wrote:
"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
...

Look upon it as an opportunity for learning. After all, what would you do
if it just worked?

Head off to another band, perhaps? Make more and start passing them out?
But you're right, of course. I still have three or four suggestions to try
for the sleeve.



Sal:

I thought it might be clear from my previous post, but I see it was
rather "cryptic."

I DID find that the coax wanted to couple into the antenna and become
part of it (the sleeve itself was NOT a sufficient de-coupling device.)
I found the 1:1 current balun was absolutely necessary to make the
antenna "stable"--remove the sensitivity to
location/orientation/length/etc. of the coax feed.

JS