I agree with Denny 100%. Any loss in a tuner feeding the 24 ft
vertical will be less than that in the Bug Catcher. The major loss in
the Bug Catcher is due to the resistance caused by the turn-to-turn
capacitance that makes the inductance resonant at some frequency not
too much higher than that that at the operating frequency. See the
resistance vs frequency curve of a parallel LC circuit, where you'll
see that the value of resistance is maximum at resonance, which is not
what you want at anywhere near the operating frequency.

Walt, W2DU



Well, I was considering constructions a rather large coil that
should have a Q of 1000, or so..... but I see your point, anyway.
Thank you, Cecil and Denny.


I am tending toward a vertical with a Tuner, now.


Ed K7AAT