[SOC] Found in the shack ---what is it??

[thom2 at att.net]

  Hi all,
  I'm sure this will quakify as a SOC question, so here goes:

  I was looking around the shack (no I definately was NOT cleaning it!) and I came across something I'm sure I bought several years ago but I can't seem to figure out what it is.

   I found two pieces (there may have been more peices but I found 2) of what looks like a loading coil for an antenna and a feedpoint.  

   The loading coil is about 12 to 14 inches long and wound around 2 inch diameter PVC pipe.  It has spike coming out of one end that makes me think it probably goes into the ground and is the bottom part of a verticle antenna.  This "loading coil" also has a brass rod mounting along the side of the coil which moves up and down making contact at various points on the coil (thereby making it adjustable).

   The other part is about six inches long and made from 1 3/4 inch PVC pipe.  this has contacts to apparently connect to the loading coil as well as a BNC connector to go to the tranceiver.

   That's what I found...assuming this is part of a verticle antenna, I didn't find anything that might be used for the radiating portion.

   I always thought this thing was the makings of a PAC12 antenna, but I can't find any directions online that include these parts.  I did find PAC12 directions on the NJQRP sight but their antenna seems different than what I have here.

   Anyway, if you have any ideas what these two things are, I'd appreciate hearing from you.  I can probably take a picure of them and e-mail it to you, if that would help.

   Thanks for any info you can provide.

Tom
WB2QDG