NB> When you say "plastic cylinder" I assume you're refering the the 
NB> loading 
NB> coil of the CB antenna? What you did was create an "inductive 
NB> coupling" 
NB> between the 100' wire and the antenna. This can be done with purt 
NB> near any 
NB> recieving antenna. Something you might want to try just as an 
NB> interesting 
NB> experiment is take a small pocket-sized AM radio and wrap the end of 
NB> a long
NB> peice of wire around it several times. You'd never believe the 
NB> stations 
NB> that "el-cheapo" radio is capable of picking up!
NB> 
NB> 
    Someone even commercially sells (at a fancy price) some gadget that 
essentially is the same!
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