I have an old HF Vertical that is about 20 feet tall when assembled.
The loading coil (?) seems to be open (VOM). I would like to dismantle
the assembly in hopes of salvaging as much as possible to do some
experiments with it.

It could also be a CB antenna, I don't recall where I got it...

The cover over the coil seems to be plastic, but much harder than PVC.
It also seems to be tight. The bottom of the assembly where the
connector is appears to be metal. The top of the coil assembly seems
to be sealed tightly. Unless some one has a more appealing idea I am
going to chuck it up in the lathe and start peeling the coil cover to
see what is inside.

The antenna top has a couple of wires bent in an egg-beater kind of
configuration.
Pictures at:
http://dixienc.us/Base%201.jpg
http://dixienc.us/Base%202.JPG
http://dixienc.us/Base%203.JPG
http://dixienc.us/Base%204.JPG
http://dixienc.us/Top%201.JPG
http://dixienc.us/Top%202.JPG


John Ferrell W8CCW
John Ferrell W8CCW