Hi According to the instructions with the ham stick a person must be sure that the stinger does not get pushed so far in to the antenna that it goes in side the coil. My question is, where is the coil? I can't find any thing the remotely looks like a coil. Any ideas? God bless, Mark God loves you! My ham radio lists. http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list My personal website http://funhamradio.bloki.com