Bug Catcher QSY

[W5hj]

Screw driver antennas are nice but I find them lacking fot 75 meter mobile, so I use a 6 inch bug catcher, but it is not convenient to QSY as you need to change taps for even a few kHz change. Instead of changing taps I mount a tuning stub just below my capacity hat made out of a portable radio telescopic antenna and a bronze electrical ground clamp which you can find at Home Depot.

Drill the set screw hole on the clamp to the antenna diameter, sand the plating of the end of the antenna and then solder them together. Mount as shown and with the antenna collapsed tune the bug catcher to highest freq desired on the band. I find that I can cover about 150 kHz on 75 and the whole band on forty. You can carry a measuring stick and notes st be able to quickly adjust the antenna to a desired freq.

[AA1PR]

neat idea, I usually set my tap & then cheat & have the autotuner move it around the band for me

too bad w5gla ( I think that was his call) went out of business

[W5hj]

too bad w5gla ( I think that was his call) went out of business

His great antennas are once again available.

http://www.maintradingcompany.com/ma...ugcatcher.html

[AA1PR]

His great antennas are once again available.

http://www.maintradingcompany.com/ma...ugcatcher.html

that is good to know I had one

not to steal your thread..

I found that my homebrew one outperformed it, here is a pic of it on my van a couple of years ago