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[ZL1BBW]

In the base insulator of a `14AVQ I recall seeing what I took to be a RFC, the one I am going to have to press into service appears to have had this removed/lost/ dropped off.

Is it of any importance apart from the DC grounding aspect?

Thanks

[K9RJ]

http://www.radiomanual.info/schemi/ACC_antenna/Hy-gain_AV-14AVQ_user.pdf

[WB6BYU]

What I remember is that the 14AVQ had a shunt coil across
the base to help raise the feedpoint impedance.  It had more
effect on the lower bands where the antenna was electrically
shorter. 

Other than providing a DC path for static discharge, it doesn't
do much on the higher bands.  It isn't really necessary,
especially with a poor ground system where the ground loss
improves the SWR.  But if the SWR is higher than you would
like on 40m, you can add a shunt coil to get a better match,
and it probably won't have a lot of effect on the other bands.