Telescoping rod antenna with center mounted loading coil

Claim 1

A CENTER LOADING TYPE TELESCOPING ROD ANTENNA COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN UPRIGHT TUBULAR BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL; A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR BODY; A LOADING COIL WOUND ABOUT THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR BODY BETWEEN SAID CONTACT MEMBERS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY; A LOWER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD HAVING AN UPPER TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING WITH ITS UPPER END INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID TUBULAR BODY FIXEDLY CONNECTED THERETO AND IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTACT MEMBERS MOUNTED AT SAID LOWER END; A CONDUCTOR TUBE FITTED IN THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBULAR BODY FIXED THERETO AND IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTACT MEMBER MOUNTED AT SAID UPPER END; AND AN UPPER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD HAVING A LOWER MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CONDUCTOR TUBE AND CARRYING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT PIECE ATTACHED THERETO CONTACTING SAID CONDUCTOR TUBE, SAID LOWER MEMBER INCLUDING THE CONTACT PIECE HAVING A CROSS SECTION SMALLER THAN THAT DEFINED BY THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER TUBULAR MEMBER OF SAID LOWER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD SO THAT SAID UPPER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD MAY BE MOVED BETWEEN AN EXTENDED POSITION IN WHICH THE LOWER END OF SAID LOWER MEMBER THEREOF IS LOCATED IN SAID CONDUCTOR TUBE WITH THE CONTACT PIECE ENGAGING THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF WHILE THE REMAINDER OF SAID UPPER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD PROJECTS UPWARDLY FROM SAID TUBULAR BODY, AND A COLLAPSED POSITION IN WHICH SAID LOWER MEMBER OF SAID UPPER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD EXTENDS THROUGH SAID TUBULAR BODY AND INTO SAID UPPER MEMBER OF SAID LOWER TELESCOPING ANTENNA ROD.