Jimmie D wrote:
I agree with Tom that the hamstick will probably
resonate but cut somewhat shorter than a 5/8ths to make up for the extra
wire the 2 meter matching coil has.

Hamsticks usually have an adjustable stinger. Can
the stinger be adjusted from longest to shortest
and those two resonant frequencies be measured?
Is this the 9007 "Mobile Colinear Antenna" from
Lakeview? They don't say it is 5/8WL.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com