[Antennas] TEXAS Bugcatcher

[Jim Miller KG0KP]

Does anyone have the "measurements" or can get them for a Texas Bugcatcher 
mobile antenna?  I would like to buy one if anyone knows of one or where I 
can get one. Even a junker so I can measure it to make one if I can get the 
measurements.

I have a HI-Q mobile screwdriver and would put it up against anything for 
performance but, the motor has stopped working and I can't get the thing 
apart, looks like the aluminum tube has ceased to the base.  I use it almost 
exclusively on 40 meters anymore so don't really need a screwdriver so am 
thinking about the Bugcatcher.

I am convinced that size DOES matter a LOT.  the coil size on the HI-Q and 
the 102 inch whip on top make it a super antenna (although at 13 ft 4 
inches, I hit a few trees and the roof at McDonalds and the bank) and the 
Texas Bugcatcher had a huge coil as well so am looking at it as a 
replacement.  I know there is(was?) a Caroline Bugcatcher but not sure about 
the performance compared to the Texas version.

THANKS es 73, de Jim KG0KP