[Mobile-Portable] Texas bug catcher

[n4hgz at bellsouth.net]

Thank you. 

Eric
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Needham <earl.kd5xb at gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 13:19:09 
To: Mobile-Portable Reflector<mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Reply-To: Mobile-Portable Reflector <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Mobile-Portable] Texas bug catcher

Take a look at <
http://web.archive.org/web/20010201072300/http://texasbugcatcher.com/> and
you can probably figure out just what you need.  Basically, you have a mast
of 3-5 feet, the coil, and a whip on top.  You can run a short mast over the
coil, with a cap hat, and a whip over that, or just the cap hat without the
whip.

Regardless what hardware you put together, it's all adjusted to resonance by
taps on the coil.  You generally need to run some sort of base matching
because the feedpoint impedance will be pretty low, on the order of 5-15
ohms.

If you go to <
http://web.archive.org/web/20080611054705/http://www.texasbugcatcher.com/>
you can see a "stick drawing" on the right of the page.

HTH,
Earl
KD5XB

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:56 PM, <n4hgz at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Can someone send me installation and assembly instructions for the Texas
> Bugcatcher ?  I am not sure which one I have but I can give antenna
> dimensions and details if needed. I want to install it on the back of my 06
> Toyota tacoma.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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