NM5K wrote:
"Of course, using a small antenna the size of two shoe boxes is not
really a full wave antenna. It`s still a very small antenna fed with a
loading coil made up of a full wave length of wire, if I umderstand what
you are doing."

Yes. It appears he has a dipole two shoe boxes long. The ARRL Antenna
Book has an interesting section on "Short Antennas" that starts on on
page 6-21 in my 20th edition. On page 6-30 it says:
"Loading is always a compromise; the best method is determined by the
amount of space available and the band(s) to be worked.
The simplest way to shorten a dipole is shown in Fig 53. If you do not
have sufficient length between supports, simply hang as much of the
center of the antenna as possible between the supports and let the ends
hang down.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI