>>  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 ? ;)
 >  JE> Not really... seems like a capacitance hat configuation, maybe...
 >  JE> Find someone who's GOT an Analyzer and get that thing checked out
 >  JE> ;-)
 > Jeff! I reiterate...  I am in a very rural (and depressed) area...
Sounds like most of the United States, sir. *sigh*
 > I know of NO one that has an analyzer.  Thought I made
 > this clear, sorry.
You did.  I thought that perhaps you could find someone that you work on a 
regular basis that might have one that you could possibly borrow, OR, take 
the antenna somewhere and let a local HAM store put some sort of testing 
device on it.
 > ALL: Isn't there an Elmer out there that recognizes
 > this array ???
I'm sure that if by now someone recognized this antenna, they would have said 
something by now, Bruce.
73 = Best Regards            -Jeff KA5THB
ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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