In article ,
John Smith wrote:

... I should have mentioned, I envision the "traps" (sections/stubs)
backwards from the lattin use of them... braid shorted to center conductor
at the beginning of each stub...

I rather strongly suspect that if you model this out, you'll find that
the antenna's behavior will be drastically changed by reversing the
stubs. The results may not be to your liking.

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