Yep, as I recall, it is actually a shunt fed antenna, so if you checked 
it you'd see a dc short.  My friends also used them on their motor 
cycles.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Sat, 17 Aug 2013, Dave Marthouse wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> Butch in regard to the half wave dipole with the coil on the bottom, a
> friend had an antenna constructed that way to use on his boat for accessing
> his 220MHZ repeater.  The boat had a minimum of metallic parts and the
> antenna performed well mounted on a metal bracket.
>
>
> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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