"Cecil Moore"
We know that helical antennas exist and radiate. The
form factor of a self-resonant 75m bugcatcher coil is
helical and will radiate (even though very inefficiently)
and contacts are more than likely possible.
What is your definition of "antenna"?
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The sole purpose of a helical (or any other) antenna is to radiate and/or
receive EM waves with pattern, polarization and other characteristics
suitable for the application.

A bugcatcher coil is not designed to be an antenna, and radiates only
incidentally.

RF

Richard Fry wrote:
A bugcatcher coil is not designed to be an antenna, and radiates only
incidentally.

Maybe you missed what I am saying. Take a 75m bugcatcher
coil and add turns to it until it is self-resonant at
4 MHz. You will have a very inefficient helical antenna.
Radiation from such a helical antenna would be purposeful,
not incidental. Heck, 75m hamsticks are less than 1%
efficient and they still call them "antennas".
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com