[Lowfer] coil design validation

[Eric Smith]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Lyle Koehler wrote:
> expect your antenna to need perhaps twice that much inductance.

Could you help me with that please, Lyle?  The amount of inductance 
needed?  I WAS using the antenna models with no trouble BEFORE I build my 
antenna, but now that I have built it, I'm doing something wrong.  Here 
are the antenna details:

30' high (22 gauge wire)

Tophat:

8 x 4' radials (4 x 5/16", 4 x 22 gauge)
4 skirts (22 gauge) at 1', 2', 3' and 4' radius.

You can see a picture of it at 
http://www.nutstreet.net/radio/projects/lowfer/

Thanks in advance!  I am SO close to being on the air -- I sure appreciate 
your help with this last little bit.  If you'll tell me about what I'll 
need, I'll wind it.  Of course it'll have taps and a variometer for fine 
tuning, but if you can help me get close...

THANK YOU!!

Eric