Depends on what you mean by "works". Will it load up and radiate? Yes.
Will anyone know it is radiating? No.

jimbo

Jayson Davis wrote:

I came across this web site (http://k9erg.tripod.com/theory.htm) and he
says that if properly matched, you could load up a paperclip on 160
meters and it would work. I'm not so certain, since this thing should
be so full of capacitive reactance that the losses in the matching
network should be astronomical.

Any thoughts?