MGFoster wrote:
Cecil, I'll work w/ your s/s and play around some more w/ the helical
(just for the fun of it, ya know ;-) ).

You will radiate more power if you make the center half
of the antenna straight wire and use the ends of the
antenna for the helical part. If you haven't considered
top hats on the antenna ends, please do so. The following
would be a pretty good antenna, in fixed font with top
hat loading at the ends.

| coil coil |
+---////////--------FP--------////////---+
| |

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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com