>  JE> Sounds like an all-band vertical, Bruce.
 >  JE> See if you can find an antenna analyzer and feed the signal output
 >  JE> and find out where the thing is resonant at.  I'm gonna bet that
 >  JE> it's 80 through 10 - but with 164 turns at the base, it might even
 >  JE> cover 160m!
 > I -KNEW- I should have put those "L"s in the opposite order :)))
 > The 164 turn coil (L4) is actually at the top, and L1 is the
 > first coil that the circuit (transmission line) sees (bottom)...
 > Does this change your outlook ? ;)
Not really... seems like a capacitance hat configuation, maybe...  Find 
someone who's GOT an Analyzer and get that thing checked out ;-)
Seasons Greetings!
73 = Best Regards            -Jeff KA5THB
ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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