Looking for a new antenna

There was no loading coil losses involved with the copper pipe.
The thicker diameter pipe added capacitance which required shortening the pipe to make it resonant.
It transmitted just fine but he noticed it picked up less noise than the stainless steel whip antenna.

 

its not the halo.. I've seen those it's one he builds

it's not the halo I've seen those it's a antenna they build themselves.

 

smart phone my butt the thing acts like a stupid phone a lot of the time !!!

 

Are you sure it's not the copper antenna built by Paul Turner out in Riverside California?

 

best I know of they build it themselves.... haven't been in there in quite awhile.... kinda weird shop. the old man owns it and does the repair work and tweekee/pekeee deal. the son opens the shop in the morning and sleeps in the recliner till daddy comes to work. in the early late afternoon time.... strange !!!

 

The owner's name is Tony I believe and I think he's cousins with the Tony that owned the shop in Albuquerque New Mexico

 

could be ???

 

the mesa cb shop next to the ta in Albuquerque is no longer there .

 

That guy Tony and Albuquerque was one of those idiots that worked on radar equipment in the Navy and he thought that that would impress his customers and add to his credentials but he couldn't tune a radio to save his own life. He finally had to resort to making vinyl graphics for radio faceplates in order to pay his bills.

 

obviously his graphics weren't that great either.... I never actually went into that shop.. sounds like I was not missing anything !!!