"GeorgeF" wrote in message
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F8BOE wrote:

Hello,

Just a simple dumb question: is it the "birdfeeder" that radiates or the
coaxial cable used between the transceiver and the miraculous antenna?

73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.-


I belive its the two metal places, one above and one below the coil
which are to form a capacitor.

George

I seem to recall an indepth analysis on the AntennEx site showing that it
was the shield on the coax that did the majority of the radiating. A simple
proof would be to change the coaxial feeder length or how it is physically
run and look for VSWR changes.

Dale W4OP