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    Wound ferrite inductor for center loaded whip?

    Considering using wound ferrite core incorporated into fiberglass whip. If the toroid were large enough I could wrap thermaleze wire and center the toroid on the fiberglass shaft. Has anyone tried this?
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    Plated copper?

    Nickel plated copper pipe, good, efficient conductor for making an antenna? Or, is nickel too lossy. The current will travel on the outer surface, skin effect, yes?
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    Phasing

    I have a question concerning phased verticals and feed point impedance shifting. I understand that a single vertical will/can change impedance when mutually coupled with a second independently tuned vertical when combined/phased. My question is this, can the system reactance after mutual...
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    Let's have a look...

    Inside a Francis antenna.... Interesting, I believe that's enameled wire. And, it's wound with two wires sharing a common feed point, but electrically isolated from each other. I wonder if this was the inspiration for the Van Ordt quad wrap? I know it inspired me to make my own version.
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    Can you....

    Hit a TX Star dx500 straight 4 pill, (Toshiba 2879) with a Stryker 655, or 380 Magnum? Can you set the radio carrier to lo watts (less than 5 watt radio carrier) and swing like crazy into this amp? Will it give monster ahhhhhdeeeeoooooo???? Or, is 40 watts of pep the most you can input into this...
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    NOS powrstik?

    Been looking online at a Van Ordt clone... Started wondering if they might be NOS Van Ordt...Anyone know anything about these Procomm Q45W 4.5' antennas?
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    What if I...

    Put a solid aluminum extension on the bottom of a fiberglass whip.... Something like a 2' aluminum shaft at the bottom of a 2' Wilson, or Firestick whip...